There are some commercial groves, although most fruit trees are a labor of love for home gardeners.

As mangos growing on South Florida branches ripen, temptation rises to pick them.

Ask a member of the Brevard Tropical Fruit Club why they plant fruit trees, and they will wax poetic about the experience. “Planting a fruit tree isn’t just about adding to your garden, it’s about ...

Discover Robert Is Here in Homestead, Florida, where August brings fresh mangoes, exotic tropical fruit, legendary milkshakes ...

The Florida winter season can feel quiet when compared to the rest of the United States. Despite that, it is one of the best times to start early spring garden planning, especially while temperatures ...

My neighbor used to have seven Asian persimmon trees planted in his front yard. Come fall, he would be out harvesting the sweet orange fruits. A friend from church had a huge brown turkey fig tree ...

Jonathan Crane, a tropical-fruit crop specialist at UF’s Tropical Research & Education Center in Homestead, picks lychee off one of the 216 trees on the research campus site. He said the fruits ...

Read full article: Florida citrus farmers await federal aid months after hurricanes damaged crops Fred Gmitter, a geneticist at the University of Florida Citrus Research and Education Center, holds an ...

Prior to launching PlantOGram – an American-made fruit tree gifting company – nearly two decades ago, gardening was solely a backyard hobby for husband-and-wife duo Mickey and Vicky Popat. The ...