You have may have tried rooting avocado pits as an experiment, but can you actually grow a tree? And will that tree produce ...

Avocado trees have lovely foliage that can make for an attractive houseplant, but it's unlikely that you'll have a fruitful ...

Note: Rather than starting from scratch, purchase older trees. Visit Amazon to buy grafted, 4-feet tall avocado trees that may yield fruit in 3-4 years rather than 10.

RE “A True Giving Tree [Nov. 24]: I just want to say what a joy it was to read your article on avocado trees. When we bought our house here in San Francisco seven years ago, there was a huge ...

The two trees like similar soil conditions, and tall avocado trees offer the shade that the shorter-growing coffee trees require. So with just a 20 percent increase in irrigation, avocado farmers ...

Q: We have an avocado tree that is more than 20 years old and over 20 feet tall. It gets sun mid-afternoon to sundown. The tree is located in between a grass lawn & an in-ground swimming pool.

Q: How are you supposed to prune an avocado tree right after planting? I had read somewhere that you should cut it back to 7 inches tall, but I haven’t seen this advice in more than one place.