It’s time for winter maintenance on apple trees. Here’s what you need to know
For apple scab, do one spray now while the tree is dormant and the tips of the buds are green. Spray again later in winter ...
How artists and scientists see tree branches similarly
Yet only “Gray Tree” has scale-invariant branch diameters. When Mondrian removes the scale invariance in “Blooming Apple Tree ...
Art and science illuminate the same subtle proportions in tree branches
The scale invariance in branch diameter dictates how much smaller a limb should be as it branches and how much investment a ...
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What trees to plant in February — 5 of the best fruit and ornamental varieties you should be planting now
‘The best time to plant bare-root fruit trees like apples is towards the end of winter or the first half of spring, once the ...
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Fractals: Art Imitates Life in Tree Perception
"We've come up with something universal here that kind of applies to all trees in art and in nature," said Newberry, senior author of the study. "It's at the core of a lot of different depictions of ...
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When art imitates life's mathematics: Fractals and how we perceive trees
New research has revealed a quantity related to the complexity and proportions of a tree's branches that artists have ...
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Fast-Growing Fruit Trees You'll Want To Plant In Your Yard
The first step to quickly transforming your yard into an orchard is selecting trees that fruit between one and five years.
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Apple season comes to an end. Here's how it went.
Apple season may be over but the work isn’t, farmers are busy in the winter months preparing for spring. Marshall Saunders ...
60,000 trees and shrubs to be planted in bid to amplify chorus
Around 60,000 trees and shrubs will be planted over the next six years as part of a huge project to amplify nature’s chorus across Purbeck.
Why kumquat is an excellent choice for an ornamental tree with all-year interest
An excellent choice for a small ornamental tree with year-round interest is the kumquat or one of its hybrids, which do not ...
Creating the next big apple: Can the U of M do it again?
For a lot of people, there’s nothing more “holistic” or “natural” than going to an apple orchard and picking their favorite fall fruit themselves. But the truth is, when you shine up that ...