Q. My flowering plum has made fruit this year. I have been here five years and this tree never made fruit before. I thought it was for flowering only and would not make fruit. Why did it make fruit ...

Q: My husband and I just moved to Summerlin, and I am seeing pink and white blooms on trees in this area. Do you know what kind of trees these are? A: Two very popular ornamental trees grown in our ...

OAKLAND — Dotted along the thoroughfares and side streets throughout the Bay Area are bursts of pink and white blooms of the Flowering Plum tree, an ornamental, non-fruiting tree with flowers so ...

There are few trees as showy in bloom as flowering cherries and plums. Covered in pink or white flowers, these trees are often the first to bloom and signal that spring is near. Many species of ...

Hundreds of flowering plum trees on both sides of the road have given commuters on one Sacramento-area highway an annual show of pink blossoms for more than a decade. But, the trees are all coming ...

A butterfly hanging out in a pollinator-friendly tree. - Annmarie Young Photography/Getty Images If you're looking for an easy way to fill your garden with pollinator-friendly flowers or plants, ...

The cherry blossoms are not blooming yet, the National Park Service said. The buds spotted on trees near the Tidal Basin in D.C. this week were mistaken for the famous cherry blossom trees. National ...

Crape myrtle The "lilac of the South" gets its name from its crinkly, crepelike flowers and from foliage that resembles the true myrtle. Although native to China and Japan, crapes carry on here as if ...

When residents in Vancouver’s First Place neighborhood have a question about trees, they need only turn to fellow neighbor Gene Wigglesworth. “They know me as the tree guy,” he said. The story behind ...