In South Louisiana, all of the citrus trees we grow are grafted. So, too, are many other fruit and nut trees, rose bushes and camellia plants. Grafting is a common horticulture technique. It's an ...

Citrus nurseries produce trees by grafting buds from mature cultivar scion trees onto clonally produced rootstocks. Rootstocks are produced using nucellar seedlings, but when seed is limited or the ...

If you allow the rootstock of a citrus tree (or any other grafted plant) to sprout and grow, it will ruin your tree. The rootstock grows very vigorously and can eventually crowd out the desirable ...

Growing citrus in Louisiana has been a real struggle the past couple of years. Our recent winters have brought intense, though short-lived, arctic blasts that have damaged and even killed citrus trees ...

Not long ago, while walking down Bethlehem Road in Jerusalem, I spotted a tree unlike any I had ever seen before. It had both pink and red flowers which, upon closer examination, belonged to the same ...

The glorious Meyer lemon tree is a small, evergreen variety that makes it possible to enjoy homegrown citrus regardless of location and growing zone. A cross between a citron and a mandarin-pomelo ...

Having a lemon tree at home goes beyond aesthetics: it perfumes the environment, purifies the air and, of course, offers fresh lemons for your recipes, teas and lemonades. The good news? Even those ...

Multiple citrus dwarf trees in a pot sitting on a ledge in the sunlight - DimaBerlin/Shutterstock Having your own citrus garden can be extremely rewarding — few things compare to the scent of citrus ...