Articles from The Growing Guide

3 Things to Know About Hardiness Zones For growing success: Select the right fruit trees for your hardiness zone, choose the right planting time, and optimize for your zone's weather conditions.

Successful Fruit Tree Pruning To get a new fruit tree off to the right start, virtually nothing is as important as proper pruning. Follow our pruning guide to avoid mistakes and shape your trees for years of enjoyment ahead.

Preparing Trees & Plants for Winter The quality of rest (dormancy) for trees and plants affects their health and production. Let’s take a few minutes to talk about preparing them for winter.

Growing Fig Trees in Containers Why struggle with harsh winter weather when you can avoid it completely? Grow fig trees in containers! See our how-to guide for fig trees on wheels.

The End of A Long Journey For Stark Bro’s Production Division, this year’s crop is the end of a long journey. The trees we’ll ship to you this fall started growing two years ago!

Edible Landscapes: Lingonberries Have you ever heard of lingonberries? Anyone in zone 7 or cooler can grow cold-hardy lingonberry plants right in their own backyard.

What are Espaliered Fruit Trees? You don't have to be a Master Gardener to have beautiful espalier fruit trees in your own backyard. Let's talk about the basics.

All About Pawpaws Learn about pawpaw trees, how to grow them, and why this native fruit is a must-have for home gardeners.

Protect Your Harvest with Mulberry Trees Why plant mulberry trees? One of the benefits of mulberry trees is that they protect your other harvests, like cherries and other berries, from birds.

Fruit Tree Care: Fall Planting At Stark Bro’s, we want to give you, the grower, every opportunity to succeed. Shipping trees in the fall is one. Here are some advantages to fall planting.