Plums are truly a top-notch fruit, but could you ever grow one from a seed in your own yard? If you're up to the challenge, ...

Plant “Mount Vernon” as a low informal bed border or small hedge, or as a groundcover under trees and large shrubs. What: An exceptionally useful small shrub, Prunus laurocerasus “Mount Vernon” ...

Prunus Africana is a mountain forest tree which grows well in fertile soils and it belongs to the Rosaceae family It has various local names such as Ntasesa (Luganda), Kiburraburra (Swahili), African ...

Grafting is a traditional and significant strategy to suppress soil-borne diseases, such as the crown gall disease caused by tumorigenic Agrobacterium and Rhizobium. Root exudates and the rhizosphere ...

American Journal of Botany, Vol. 16, No. 7 (Jul., 1929), pp. 525-542 (22 pages) Two ovules are formed within the simple pistil of a sour cherry blossom. Ordinarily one ovule degenerates at about ...

Prunus is all about blossom. To most people the word also suggests large flowering trees with hungry roots. But there is a neglected group of cherries that are much more biddable. Where space is short ...

In the verdant landscapes of Beira Interior, where Prunus orchards stretch far and wide, a silent battle is being waged. The antagonist is not visible to the naked eye, but its effects are devastating ...

According to the coevolution theory of autumn colours, the bright colours of trees evolved as a warning signal towards parasites colonizing the plant in autumn. We monitored colonization of the aphid ...