Spring is quickly approaching, which makes this the perfect time to start planning your spring garden. South Florida's springtime climate makes it the perfect atmosphere to plant a garden. Throughout ...

Mike Barron has seen a lot more customers come in to buy fruit trees in the past year. Barron, owner of Blooming House Nursery in Newberry, attributes the increased demand to a landscaping trend ...

Victor Chaney holds an ackee and rollinia deliciosa fruit he grew in his backyard garden. Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... From the front of his house, Victor Chaney’s home looks like any ...

Columbus and other early voyagers to the Americas filled their travel journals with breathless descriptions of the tropical fruits they’d never seen before: avocados, papayas, pineapples, soursop, ...

HOMESTEAD – For mango lovers, the descent of inescapable heat and thick humidity is a time of anticipation. Each month brings a new variety: the peach-flavored Van Dyke appeared in mid-June, the ...

Winter's coming but in Florida, the weather is great for yard work in cooler temperatures. And there are plenty of tasty ...

If you've ever found yourself biting into a tangy sapote, or a lush mango, give a small thanks to fruit hunters. Dr. Richard Campbell, director of horticulture at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens ...

Keeping the spark alive is hard in any relationship. It’s especially hard for fruit trees trying to attract pollinators. Blaire Kleiman, an FIU Institute of Environment graduate teaching assistant and ...

MIAMI – The air gets thick with humidity as summer arrives in South Florida. Evening thunder murmurs. The tropics begin to stir. Then, something magical happens: The mango trees bear fruit. In good ...