Texas Fruit

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 elderberries in Texas start with picking the right species: American elderberry ( Sambucus canadensis ), not the European kind sold at big-box nurseries. Texas sum

Tips for growing pomegranates in Texas start with picking the right variety for your part of the state, because cold hardiness is the real limiting factor here, not heat. Pomegrana

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

Growing mulberries in Texas is one of the easier fruit-tree projects you can take on, from the humid Piney Woods to the rocky Hill Country. Mulberries tolerate heat, poor soil, and

If you're looking for tips for growing apricots in Texas, start here: apricots are possible in this state, but go in with your eyes open. Apricots are widely considered the trickie

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

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

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 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