If you need a tree to replace one lost in the storm, the Chinese pistachio is tough and produces great fall colors.

California farmers have been devoting more land to pistachios, which are seen as hardier and more drought-tolerant in a state ...

“There has been an explosion over the last 10 or 15 years of plantings, and those trees are coming online,” said Zachary Fraser, president and chief executive of American Pistachio ...