Gardening in cold climates can be challenging, but it also offers the opportunity to grow some unique and hardy fruit trees that thrive in cooler temperatures. These resilient trees not only ...

Geiger tree (Cordia sebestena): Evergreen, 25 to 30 feet tall, and 20 to 25 feet wide.Produces orange tubular flowers in the spring and summer. Grows in full sun to partial shade. High salt and ...

There is an extremely drought-tolerant ground cover, cold hardy down to zero degrees, that is known as lavender cotton (Santolina chamaecyparissus). It is seldom seen but is a pleasant garden ...

This pine tree’s leaves are needle-thin so they expose little surface area to cold, drying winds. It’s one of the ways hardy plants protect themselves from the effects of winter cold. (Beth ...

Circle D Farm has perfect growing conditions for hardy stock, said Cassie Tauber, who in 2000 started managing the nursery, buying and selling trees for Clark. She now owns it.