Texas Fruit

Growing persimmons in Texas is one of the more forgiving fruit-tree projects you can take on, but the state's range of climates means the right variety and the right rootstock matt

Growing pomegranates in Texas works well across most of the state, but the details matter more than most articles let on. Pomegranates want hot, dry summers and tolerate drought an

Growing blueberries in Texas works well in one part of the state and is a fight against your own soil almost everywhere else. The short version: rabbiteye blueberries ( Vaccinium a

Growing blackberries in Texas is one of the more forgiving fruit projects a home gardener can take on. The plants tolerate our brutal summer heat, need less winter chill than peach

Tips for growing pears in Texas start with one blunt fact: the pear you picture at the grocery store probably will not work here. Bartlett, the classic soft European pear, is not a

Growing strawberries in Texas works, but the state's heat means you have to run the crop on Texas's schedule, not the one you'll find on a seed packet from a Northern nursery. Texa

Tips for growing peaches in Texas start with one hard truth: your zip code decides which varieties will actually fruit. Texas spans USDA zones roughly 6b in the Panhandle to 9b alo

Tips for growing plums in Texas start with one hard truth: most plum varieties sold at nurseries elsewhere in the country will not fruit reliably here. Texas summers are too hot an

Tips for growing grapes in Texas start with picking the right variety, because the state punishes anyone who plants like they're in California or the Pacific Northwest. Between tri

These tips for growing figs in Texas start with the one fact that matters most: figs work better here than almost any other fruit you could plant, but the state's wild temperature