Grapevine, producing nice bunches of grapes
Grapevine is a beautiful fruit vine, offering us grapes at the end of summer.
Fruit tree
Growing fruit trees is the key to a life full of sweetness and vitamins. Here are the varieties you can think of growing in your area.
Tamarillo, the tomato tree
The tamarillo is a fruit shrub native to the tropics which bears surprising fruits with firm flesh and a tangy, pungent taste.
Kiwi, from planting to an abundant harvest
Kiwi is a delicious fruit to savor and it’s also full of vitamin C.
Walnut, growing delicious walnuts
The walnut tree is ornamental and a fantastic fruit-bearer.
Coffee tree, fabulous scented flowers… but beans are hard to get!
Growing coffee tree for its beans is difficult, but it’s great to decorate a home. Coffee tree key facts Botanical name – Coffea arabica Common – Coffee tree, Arabica coffee Family – Rubiaceae
Persimmon, the kaki tree
The persimmon tree is a unique tree that produces marvelous fruits in fall.
Keeping pears over winter and more
Starting in September, October and sometimes even November if the climate is mild enough, pears are harvested. Learn to store and keep them well.
Pear tree, care from planting and pruning to harvesting pears
Pear tree is the most common fruit tree in many orchards.
Summer care for fruit trees
Over the summer, don’t pass on the few chores that will lead your orchard and vegetable patch to abundant and high-quality harvests. Just a few hour’s worth of care and your fruit trees will thrive!
Orange tree, grow a magnificent orange harvest
The orange tree has been enchanting our gardens for centuries. It’s easy to grow.
Plant fruit trees!
Cherries, apples, pears… What a joy it is to harvest the fruits from your own garden! Fall is the perfect season for planting fruit trees.
Apricot tree, grow delicious apricots
The apricot tree requires a bit of care to produce beautiful apricots, but it’s easy to grow.
Quince tree, how to grow and care for Cydonia oblonga
Quince tree is a very beautiful fruit tree, that bears nice fruits called quinces.
Strawberry plant, from sowing to luscious harvest
A strawberry plant produces fruits with a tender and fragrant flesh, which bring to mind thoughts of summer, sun and refreshing snacks.
Which fruit trees will do best in my garden?
Growing space, climate, altitude, soil quality are additional factors to consider when choosing the fruit tree that will enhance your garden.
Red currant, how to grow delicious currants
Red currant produces marvelous small currant berries in summer.
Purple filbert, purple hazel – care, pruning, harvest
Purple hazel is a truly ornamental shrubby nut tree.
Ficus carica, the common fig tree
Ficus carica, the common fig tree, produces either green, black or purple figs.
Bergamot tree, planting and care
The bergamot orange tree is a citrus that produces bergamot fruit.
Yuzu, a hardy citrus for colder climates
Discover all about yuzu, a citrus fruit tree that’s special for many reasons.
Kaffir lime, a small, lumpy citrus with a tasty Asian tang
Looking for originality in garden AND cooking? Kaffir lime is what you need to grow!
Nectarine tree, how to grow nectarines
The nectarine tree belongs to the same family as the peach tree, but without fuzz.
Medlar, a fruit tree to rediscover
Medlar is a fruit tree that has long been forgotten but deserves to be rediscovered!
Alsace damsons or quetsche, delicious plums
The Alsace damson plum tree is a sweet variety of damsons.
Peach tree, grow delicious peaches
Peach tree is an exceptional fruit tree, but needs special care to produce a nice harvest.
Kumquat, a tiny, original citrus
Kumquat is a citrus for which you can eat the skin together with the cute fruits.
Mandarin, the ancestor of Clementines, delicious fruits and hardier tree
For a long time, the mandarin orange tree was only a second choice: people preferred planting its cousin, the clementine tree. Today, the mandarin orange is making a comeback in orchards and in our gardens, too.
Goji berry, a very interesting fruit tree
The goji berry shrub is trending ever since its health benefits and antioxidant properties have been acknowledged. Lycium is the name of the plant, and its delicious berries have invaded shelves in supermarkets and drugstores alike.
Blackthorn, delicious wild berries
The Blackthorn fruit tree produces surprising fruits, sloes, that are always best when they’ve burst just after the first frost spells.
Hardy kiwi, the kiwi that can survive Siberian colds
The tiny, sweet hardy kiwi actually comes from a gigantic and productive vine.
Almond tree, amazing when blooming
The almond tree is a simply magnificent fruit tree, famous for its spectacular pink-white blooming.
Winter pruning of pip fruit trees
Although pruning is definitely a human invention, and trees can go without it to develop naturally, it presents the advantage of renewing the plant’s vigor and increasing its fruit productivity.
Apple tree, the joy of biting your own sweet, crunchy apples
The apple tree is among the most common fruit trees found in our orchards.
Best practices to enhance fruit harvest
Why does a fruit tree’s blooming already share much about the quality of its fruit-bearing? How can we enhance the fruit harvest? Pollination plays a critical role in the formation of fruits.
Apricots, little bites of sun
A few words about apricots in France… 2012 apricot production in France – 160,900 tons 1 Production areas in France – Languedoc-Roussillon, the Rhône river area, the Mediterranean coastal areas.
How to keep apples – from the harvest until many months later
One fruit has what it takes to keep for many a long month, just for us to savor it deep into the heart of winter: the apple.
Bilberry, from planting to harvest
Bilberry is an amazing small fruit tree which you’ll enjoy caring for.
Blackcurrant, small but bountiful
Blackcurrant is a shrub that produces a delicious fruit: sweet black currant berries.
Blackberry bush and blackberries, delicious small summer fruits
Blackberry shrubs offer delicious blackberries if you care for them well. Basic blackberry facts Name – Rubus fruticosus Family – Rosaceae Type – fruit shrub Height – 3 to 10 feet (1 to 3 m) Exposure – full sun, part sun Soil – rich enough Foliage – deciduous Flowering – summer Harvest – end of summer Planting, […]
Thornless blackberry, a pleasure to harvest!
Blackberry is one of the most prized berries for jams. Thornless varieties make the pleasure even more appealing! Here are
European brown rot, rotting fruit, techniques and treatments to avoid and cure the disease
European brown rot is a fungal disease caused by fungus that attacks fruit trees and can seriously impact harvests.
Organic treatments for your fruit trees
Do you have a garden with fruit trees and you’d like to get a bit more organic? Preserving and protecting nature is getting more and more attractive, most of all for our own dear little children.
Cherry tree, an easy and generous fruit tree
Cherry trees are among the most common fruit trees found in our orchards.
Bigarreau cherry tree, the ultimate cherry
The bigarreau cherry tree produces beautiful cherries, sweet and fleshy and firm, and its productivity is abundant.
The Chestnut, fruit that symbolizes fall
The chestnut is definitely a fruit that symbolizes fall. Available from mid-September onwards, there’s a six-week time frame during which ripe chestnut can be harvested.
Clementine tree, growing this abundant fruit-bearing citrus
The clementine tree is an amazing citrus.
Fig tree, a summer-loving fruit tree
The fig tree is an amazing fruit tree with very unique leaves.
Black goji berry, a power-packed goji berry species
Black goji is a a different species than the more famous red goji berry, but it shares similar growing habits and its berries give the same
Corylus avellana hazelnuts for your garden!
Corylus avellana, better known as the common hazelnut and more rarely aveline, is a shrub fruit tree that is very interesting for its blond or green hazelnuts.
Citron, the hand of Buddha
Citron, of which the Buddha’s hand is a variety, is a citrus that produces very original fruits and blooms in a manner much appreciated by perfume makers.
Moringa oleifera, a fast-growing tree with edible leaves
The most commonly cultivated species, Moringa oleifera, is a smallish tree that grows fast. In temperate climates, it can only survive indoors.
