Apple trees can also be purchased from local nurseries or garden centers as container-grown trees. However, a much larger selection of apple varieties is available as bare-root whips.

If you've always wanted to grow apple trees, March and April are great times to plant. But before you buy a tree, here are things to consider.

Many of the most highly popular fruit trees can successfully be grown in containers thanks to dwarf modern cultivars ...

Soil Preparation: Apples thrive in well-drained, loamy soil. Test your soil pH and amend it as needed. Sunlight: Choose a planting location that receives full sunlight for at least six hours a day.

The “library” of all the apple varieties the Butlers grow. Steve Butler is on a mission to collect apples, and lots of them. He currently has about 450 varieties growing on the small Gig ...

Roughly 44% of Michigan’s apple trees are either Galas or Honeycrisps – yet despite their dominance, the state is known for its variety of apple types. Michigan had nearly 15 million apple ...

In a chilly wing of a Boulder greenhouse, apple trees have begun to sprout. The growing trees are the focus of the Boulder Apple Tree Project, which aims to identify, study and preserve historic ap… ...

Apple scab and fire blight are two of the most important diseases affecting apple trees. The Venezuelan biologist, Alejandro Martínez Bilbao, has undertaken research into more than 200 types of ...

WALKER -- John Dainsberg, master gardener, suggested fruit tree varieties likely to succeed in northern Minnesota. While dwarf varieties make it easier to pick fruits, he said they are not as ...