Almond trees might not be your first thought when looking for plants to grow in containers, but these spring-blooming trees ...

But as popular as they are now, they've been around a really long time. Native to the Mediterranean where almond trees grew wild, almonds were later cultivated by local people as long ago as 3000 ...

Each spring, bee truckers haul millions of beehives to California so their inhabitants can pollinate the state's roughly 1.3 million acres of almond trees. The hives make the trek from as far as ...

Almonds have health benefits that can lower blood sugar levels, reduce blood pressure, and lower cholesterol levels. Here’s ...

Stanislaus County’s finest floral display, the almond bloom, has brightened the winter landscape once again. The flowers last from mid-February to mid-March on about 210,000 acres of orchards.

If almond trees want to attract insects to pollinate their flowers, why are they the only known plant to have a powerful poison in their nectar? A University of Haifa study has revealed that bees ...

Wind doesn't necessarily harm almond trees. Neither does rain. But put them together in the wrong sequence, and look out! Local growers were counting their blessings Monday after escaping the ...