Planting a fruit tree is often requires a years-long time investment before you yield any fruit, but this option is perfect ...

Greensleeves ( Malus Domestica ‘Greensleeves’) is a popular apple variety for container gardening, as it will reach its ...

They're also naturally resistant to scab, so they'll require less maintenance than other apple trees. Zones: 4 to 9. Size: Standard trees grow 15 to 20 feet tall and wide; dwarf varieties are smaller.

For homeowners, she recommends dwarf trees, which range from 8 to 10 feet tall, and are particularly popular and easy to find in nurseries. “Dwarfs are so much easier to manage,” Chernoh said.

Tall apple trees have been replaced with dwarf trees. These trees are planted on trellises for support and are much smaller than what one might picture when they think of an apple tree, ...

Growing fruit trees at home is a tall order, but there are some sweet success stories (Ours isn’t one of them.) ... “They want apple trees plus something else,” he explained.

My apple trees, to my great shame, have never flowered, ... My garden is on a fearsome north-facing hill, surrounded by tall trees (the tallest—redwoods), but the back yard gets sun.