As we count down to the holidays, many of us add a variety of living plants to augment the season's festive atmosphere: live Christmas trees, Christmas cacti and poinsettias. In the Bay Area, citrus ...

Loden A. writes: What causes citrus flowers to drop? A prolific number of sweet-smelling flowers seemed to drop excessively this year compared to previous years (if my memory serves me correctly). Our ...

If you are looking for a fruit tree that produces in the fall with a minimum of care, consider a ‘Satsuma’ mandarin. Ronald Chong, our conscientious correspondent from Hacienda Heights, emailed a ...

Eleanor Louise writes: It appears that we have another infestation of scale on our Owari Satsuma mandarin. Some of the leaves are blackened, and after looking closely at the leaves, there are ants ...

CRUSH a glossy Kaffir lime leaf and release the exotic scent of curry dishes and Thai cooking. Suck on a thin-skinned Meyer lemon and take in the sweet taste of nature’s lemonade. Or lean back in an ...

The typical season for the mandarin harvest is November through January. But Bob Bonk of Snow's Citrus Court said the last two years haven't been typical at the family-owned and operated citrus grove ...

Q. We put some bird feeders in the garden to attract the birds and supplement their diet in winter. Now we have lots of birds but we also have weeds that grew from the fallen seeds. I remember that ...

Despite the serious disease issues plaguing citrus, some gardeners are enjoying the fruits of their labor. Many types of oranges, grapefruits and mandarins/tangerines are ripe and ready for picking.

It's satsuma time in south Louisiana. Some varieties began ripening in late September while others will continue to mature through November and into early December. Satsumas are great to grow in your ...