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Cherry tree, an easy and generous fruit tree

Cherry trees are among the most common fruit trees found in our orchards.

A few cherries hanging from a branch on a cherry tree.

Medlar, a fruit tree to rediscover

The medlar is a fruit tree that has long been forgotten but deserves to be rediscovered by all!

Medlar fruit, thickening but not yet ripe, on a branch.

Apricot tree, producing delicious apricots

The apricot tree is a wonderful fruit tree that requires a bit of care to produce beautiful apricots, but it’s easy to grow.

The branch of an apricot tree loaded with ripe orange fruit.

Peach tree, growing delicious peaches

Peach trees are exceptional fruit trees that call for some care to produce a nice peach harvest.

Peach on a peach tree, skin turning red.

All about Strawberry from sowing to harvest

A strawberry plant produces fruits with a tender and fragrant flesh, which bring to mind thoughts of summer, sun and refreshing snacks.

Strawberry plant with leaves and three fruits resting on a protective piece of slate.

Raspberry bushes, delicate fruits

Raspberries are easy to grow and their harvest is abundant.

Raspberry bush with a handful of raspberries growing on it.

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 – June-July Harvest – August to October Planting, […]

Bigarreau cherry tree, the ultimate cherry

The bigarreau cherry tree produces beautiful cherries, sweet and fleshy and firm, and its productivity is abundant.

Cherries of the bigarreau variety are darker in color.

Almond tree, amazing when blooming

The almond tree is a simply magnificent fruit tree, famous for its spectacular pink-white blooming.

Blooming almond tree in green field with blue sky.

Ornamental cherry tree, one of the first to bloom

Ornamental cherry trees, also called Japanese cherry trees or Prunus, are very beautiful ornamental trees.

Ornamental cherry tree standing alone in full pink bloom.

Common laurel, perfect for an evergreen hedge

Common laurel is a shrub evergreen that is often shaped to form hedges.

Leaves and berry fruits of the common laurel hedge shrub.

A profusion of blooms with flower apple trees

What is more beautiful in a garden than the blooming of fruit trees? With ornamental apple trees, small spaces and amateur gardeners can also take advantage of it.

Flower apple tree branch with white blooms.

Exochorda, the pearl bush

Exochorda is one of the most spectacular flower shrubs thanks to its abundant white spring blooming.

Portugal laurel, a nice hedge shrub

Portugal laurel is a beautiful evergreen shrub with deep dark green leaves.

Blooming Portugal laurel, white panicles of flowers drooping from bright young green and deep brown older leaves.

Hawthorn, a cute little shrub

Hawthorn is a shrub often used for defensive hedges, and it is also very ornamental.

Bountiful branch of red hawthorn berries.

Cotoneaster, famed for its cute berries

Cotoneaster is a very beautiful shrub, especially appreciated for its berries.

Cotoneaster bright red berries on an arching branch with deep green leaves.

Photinia, magnificent leaves

Photinia stand out with their scarlet and red-colored leaves.

Photinia shrub with a cluster of white flowers in the foreground and bright red leaves in the background.

Plum tree, how to have great plums

Plum trees are magnificent from spring to fall, and offer abundant harvests of plums.

Beurré Hardy pear tree, early and abundant

The ‘Beurre Hardy’ pear tree is one of the earliest fruit trees of our orchards, harvested at the end of summer.

Flowering plum, Prunus trees

Key Flowering Plum facts Name – Prunus triloba Family – Rosaceae Type – shrub Height – 6 to 10 feet (2 to 3 meters) Exposure – full sun Flowering – March to April Foliage – deciduous Planting flowering plum It is recommended to plant it in fall to favor proper root development. You can still nonetheless plant your flowering plum in […]

Cinquefoil, a cute bushy plant

Cinquefoil is a very cute shrubby plant that is easy to care for, and which has a blooming that lasts all summer long.

Maule’s quince, flower-bearing and fragrant

Maule’s quince is a simply beautiful shrub, and its blooming largely contributes to its success.

Quince tree, where the quince comes from

Quince tree is a very beautiful fruit tree, that bears nice fruits called quinces.

Alsace Damson plum trees

The Alsace damson plum tree, magnificent from spring to fall, offers abundant harvests of damsons.

Nectarine, the tree that bears nectarines

The nectarine tree belongs to the same family as the peach tree, and it is an exceptional fruit tree that calls for a little care before harvesting the nectarines.

Kerria

Key Kerria facts Name – Kerria japonica Family – Rosaceae Type – shrub Height – 3 to 10 feet (1 to 3 m) Exposure – full sun, part sun Soil – ordinary Foliage – deciduous Flowering – April-May Planting kerria In order to favor root development and renewed growth in spring, plant in fall. Follow the Nature-and-Garden advice on planting and space plants by […]