Trees continue to get our attention as we work our way through this greening month of May. After standing bare for seven months of cold temperatures, they burst forth with new leaves during these warm ...

Wild plums are commonly found growing along Missouri highways and backyards. A workshop on Friday will demonstrate the best methods for ensuring the fruit can be harvested and eaten. Lincoln ...

I would like to add some native trees to my yard. I am also interested in adding fruit production to my gardening plan. What Missouri native trees would be appropriate for landscaping and also produce ...

Western North Dakota grows wild plums. In the patches of brush where the poison ivy sneaks and the cows go to get away from the flies. They start as blossoms on the thorny branches and, under the hot ...

The wild plum tree in Southeast Missouri is a short fruit tree little more than a bush. It seldom grows taller than 15 feet tall. Wild plums are native to North America, Europe and Asia. Although wild ...

Roy Jackson didn't fully realize what a 12-acre-farm he bought nearly 15 years ago meant to the community until he accidentally killed a stand of wild plum trees at its west edge and dozens of ...

The Springfield News-Leader in Springfield, Missouri, partners with the Master Gardeners of Green County each week to bring readers a question-and-answer column with some of the expert horticulturists ...