COURTESY JENSEN UYEDA Rapoza mangoes filled a Waimanalo tree in December, after flowering was forced during summer’s dry conditions. The tree was pruned to stay small, making the fruit easy to pick.

Flowering mango trees can be found throughout the Mexican state of Chiapas. The country’s southernmost region teems with the wildly popular golden Ataúlfo mango — one of Mexico’s leading mango exports ...

As well as producing flowers at a time of year when any and every fragile bloom is to be treasured, trees and shrubs provide structure to the winter garden. This can come in the form of loose outlines ...