Question: I have a Valencia seedless orange tree that I set out about 40 years ago. The fruit has always been sweet and juicy. But the past couple of years, the oranges are larger with thicker skin, ...

My neighbor has a plant that looks like the alyssum we used to grow up north, but it can’t be because it has been there blooming all summer. What looks like that and can survive our summer? It’s ...

Q: I have a mature Valencia orange tree that has yellowing leaves and dead end tip branches. It also has some dried yellow fruit. The tree is watered three times a week for 45 minutes each time with ...

I have had many phone calls about bananas and citrus plants, but, now that I’m 88, I sometimes get forgetful when it comes to including them in this space. This happened last week when I answered a ...

Rabbits dart through Don Neff’s orange grove as he navigates his small utility vehicle along a bumpy, dusty path in Yorba Linda. A squirrel tries and fails to abscond with an orange nearly as big as ...