REHOVOT, Israel — To the many mysteries of love, add avocados. Scientists have spent decades trying to figure out how avocado trees have sex. A tree can sprout as many as a million blossoms in spring, ...

• Rinse the seed, or pit, from an avocado, then hold it vertically with the pointy end facing up.

The basic inflorescence in avocado is a multi-branched panicle consisting of small, pale green or yellowish-green flowers. One or two million flowers are produced in a single flowering period, ...

Sabrina Hahn explains the secret to avocado success — and the reason your tree might be failing.

QUESTION: How does one grow avocado trees in Orleans Parish? If an avocado tree is grown from a seed, will it produce fruit? Does one need two trees for cross-pollination? Thank you. -- P. Bernard ...

Everybody wants to grow some of their own food these days. How about avocados? We’re talking about a plant that really does bear fruit, not just the stems and leaves you get from plants grown from ...

When Paul and Maria Bidwell's children flew-the-coop from their Western Australian avocado orchard, the enterprising couple decided to downsize and move to Tasmania. While growing avocado trees in ...

Avocado (Persea americana) varieties are classified as either A or B types. Group A’s flowers open in the morning of the first day as female, then close to reopen on the afternoon of the second day as ...

Q: I am interested in growing an avocado tree. What should I be aware of before I plant? — Aedan G. A: The first step to planting anything is to make sure it is well-suited to your specific climate.