), a broad-leaved flowering evergreen with everything but fragrance to recommend it, looks terrific year-round and does well in the Northwest. A cousin of the Northwest native madrone it's hardy to ...

What: Arbutus unedo is a four-season evergreen shrub with outstanding flowers, fruit, leaves and bark. The small urn-shaped, whitish-pink flowers are produced from October to December. Three-quarter ...

What: Arbutus unedo, also known as the strawberry tree, is an easy-to-grow, four-season evergreen shrub with outstanding flowers, funky fruit, glossy green leaves and cinnamon-colored bark. Why plant ...

Fruit trees. Consider planting a guava tree. Make sure it’s a tropical guava (Psidium guajava) and not a pineapple guava (Feijoa sellowiana) or a strawberry guava (Psidium callleianum). The latter two ...

Would you enjoy gathering handfuls of delicious fruit from your garden day after day from spring through autumn? If so, plant some strawberry trees. Although the tropical strawberry tree is among the ...

Who wouldn't love to grow a mini orchard housing diverse fruit trees to keep us and the pretty birds visiting our backyards satiated year-round. Sadly, with even the youngest seedlings costing over ...

JENDOUBA, Tunisia — A humble fruit from the Mediterranean region might hold the key to treating one of the most painful and debilitating digestive disorders affecting millions worldwide. Strawberry ...

Winter birds need all they can help they can get, especially when it comes to food and shelter this time of the year. The tiny Anna’s hummingbirds that overwinter in local gardens especially need ...

I know someone who breaks out with boils anytime he eats fried ripe plantain. I have also seen a diabetic who landed in the hospital after eating pineapple. A very ripe fruit will raise your blood ...

Pick-your-own fruit has traditionally been used in pies and tarts and to make jams, with families now visiting farms for a fun day out But some pick-your-own farmers have grown their last fruit, ...