While familiarity with the term “grafting” is widespread among gardeners, a true understanding of what grafting is and why it is done is not so common. In a nutshell, grafting is a horticultural ...

If you’ve recently purchased a fruit or nut tree — or if you already have one in your home landscape — take a close look at the trunk near the soil surface. You might see a faint scar where two ...

Citrus trees are grafted, and that plays a role in how we deal with cold-damaged trees. Citrus trees in southeast Louisiana were subjected to temperatures in the low 20s (south shore New Orleans area) ...