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Top 10 Fruit Trees to Add to Your Yard in 2023

By Arbor Day Foundation | April 11, 2023

Of all the trees you can plant in your yard, fruit trees are some of the most rewarding. Not only do they save you money and trips to the grocery store — but home-grown produce also tends to be more flavorful! If you’re ready to try your hand at a backyard orchard, check out these 10 favorite fruit trees available in the Arbor Day Foundation tree nursery. 1. Red Delicious Apple Hardiness Zones 5–8 Of the more than 2,500 apple…

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Tree Planting and Care
Caring for Fruit Trees and Bushes: Blueberry

How to Plant, Care, and Prune Blueberry Bushes Northern highbush blueberries are natives of North America. They are an upright bush with a relatively shallow, fibrous root system and woody canes. Fruit is borne…

By Kim Peacock | July 25, 2018
Tree Planting and Care
Caring for Fruit Trees and Bushes: Blackberry

How to Plant, Care, and Prune Arapaho Blackberry Bushes Blackberries are often considered one of the easiest fruits to grow at home. They are a native species to the United States and grow as…

By Kim Peacock | July 18, 2018
Landscape Design
The Best Low-Maintenance Fruit Trees

Guest post by Rachael Baihn of LawnStarter. There is something special about being picking a piece of fruit off a tree in your own garden. Some trees can grow to take up a lot…

By Arbor Day Foundation | July 11, 2018
Tree of the Week
Elberta Peach: America’s Favorite Peach

Prunus persica ‘Elberta’ The Elberta Peach—one of the most popular varieties of peach trees—was first introduced in Georgia in 1875 by Samuel H. Rumph. Rumph, who introduced peach tree farming to the south around…

By Bonnie Ricketts | August 30, 2016
Tree of the Week
Moorpark Apricot: A Monticello Mainstay

Prunus armeniaca ‘Moorpark’ The Moorpark apricot tree was first introduced to the United States by Thomas Jefferson in 1790 after he made a formal request that the tree be planted throughout his home at…

By Kim Peacock | July 12, 2016
Tree Planting
Caring for Fruit Trees Together

A guest post from our friends at Orchard People Fruit trees are a wonderful addition to our urban and rural landscapes. But unlike native and ornamental trees they are quite vulnerable to pest and…

By Susan Poizner | February 5, 2016
Tree Planting Tree Planting and Care
Lodi Apple: The Apple to Your Sauce

(Malus x domestica) The lodi apple —a hybrid of the yellow transparent and montomgery apple —is a popular choice used in baking pies and making applesauce for their ability to cook down quickly. These yellowish-green…

By Sheereen Othman | September 23, 2015
Tree of the Week Tree Planting and Care
Red Jonathan Apple

(Malus X Domestica) This fruit may be a little less persistent at ripening than its counterpart the early harvest, but the red Jonathan is still packed with a succulent taste—tart and well-balanced. It’s a…

By Sheereen Othman | September 9, 2015
Misc Trees
When Science Meets Art: The Tree of 40 Fruit

Tree Grafting is an old practice of inserting a section of a stem with leaf buds into the stock of another tree. It’s a way of bringing two varieties of fruits together in a…

By Sheereen Othman | July 29, 2015