As the last remnants of winter snow melt away, a brigade of early-blooming trees begin their reign. From magnolia, chokecherry, flowering plum, forsythia, redbud, Japanese apricot, pussy willow to ...

Afterwards, plum trees are relatively drought-tolerant. Although, make sure the trees have adequate water at the time they are flowering and fruiting. The soil around the tree should be moist but ...