Mulching olive trees for winter Anna Ohler , the owner of Bright Lane Gardens nursery, recommends adding a 2-4-inch layer of mulch around the base of olive trees planted in the ground.

As winter approaches, it’s time to start thinking about how to protect your trees and shrubs from the harsh weather ahead. I know how heartbreaking it can be to lose a beloved plant to winter ...

Fruit trees are especially susceptible to this “winter sunscald” trunk injury. Winter wind is also potentially damaging, and plants don’t like howling winds any better than humans do.

This winter, the North Hollywood weather station — which is closer to my residence than any of the other 273 such stations throughout California — recorded well over 400 winter chill hours ...

As we move inside for the winter to cozy up to the fireplace, we need to remember our smooth-barked and young trees. Using a tree wrap on the trunk of your tree from late fall when tree growth ...

Forests are a crucial resource for carbon mitigation, currently offsetting around 20% of North American carbon emissions. As ...

If you planted a small, thin-barked tree like a maple, to ensure its success, you’re going to need to do one more thing to prevent southwest tree injury. Preventing southwest injury in young ...

The reason for this is that most deciduous fruit trees will need more hours of winter chill (hours between 32 and 45 degrees) to flower and fruit than what a coastal climate has to offer.

Ideally, fruit trees should get at least six hours of sun per day. Environmental factors such as too much or too little water, to say nothing of a drought, can also reduce flower bud formation.