A spectacular spring almond bloom is predicted. A longer-than-normal winter and a forecast for warmer weather will soon bring the trees out of their slumber. White boxes have been delivered to ...

FLOWER-THEMED FUN? It runs the gamut, depending on your fancy, with "garden strolls," "lawn picnics," and "meadow frolics" offering sunshine and spring-style sweetness. Okay, we're not sure if "meadow ...

A rare almond grove in the Czech Republic has seen masses of white and pink blossoms spring up earlier than usual after one of the warmest winters on record. The almond trees are usually among the ...

CHICO — A week after the Almond Blossom Run, when competitors raced against a backdrop of bare trees, blossoms started blooming in almond orchards over the weekend. Almond trees typically flower ...

There’s something in the California air. The state’s spectacular almond bloom—the largest single pollination event in the world—has begun. Orchards are blooming and honey bees are buzzing. The video ...

Almond trees might not be your first thought when looking for plants to grow in containers, but these spring-blooming trees deserve more attention. Even in small and compact spaces, it is possible to ...

PERIOD NOVELS... often describe potential sweethearts as realizing their love, or at least their ardor and affection, when they enter some sort of bower situation. What the author has depicted is no ...

A honeybee pollinates an almond crop Friday near East South Bear Creek Drive and North Orchard Drive in unincorporated Merced County. Warm weather has caused the trees to bloom a few weeks earlier ...

Inside Look is a Merced Sun-Star series where we take readers behind the scenes at restaurants, new businesses, local landmarks and news stories. Motorists driving through the Central Valley this time ...

Across large swaths of Europe, the fruit trees are blossoming and flowers are raising their pretty heads. Another sure sign of spring is the proliferation of festivals celebrating all this budding ...