Plum trees typically take three to five years to fruit, so a little patience will be required if you have recently planted a young tree in your yard. As soon as the flowers drop in spring ...

You’ve probably noticed different hues of pink flowers blooming from the recently-bare trees that are scattered across Tacoma and thought two things: Spring is finally here. It’s cherry ...

Dear Neil: What is wrong with my flowering plum tree? It was planted in 2017 and has doubled in size. Every year it’s had beautiful pink flowers, but not this year. What might the problem be?

A pattern has emerged that I do not understand. On planting a new plum tree, it takes a couple of years to establish and then flowers and bears fruit for several years, whereupon it stops ...