Regular pruning is essential to ensure a healthy and productive fig tree. Fig trees (Ficus carica) thrive in USDA hardiness zones 8 through 10, though they can also grow in colder areas with proper ...

Growing a potted fig tree is a rewarding process, and can be done year-round with the right conditions. Place the container ...

Q: We have had a ficus tree in the lobby of our office for a number of years. It looks great, and we know not to move it. It has sent out this one long and rather wild branch, however, and we are ...

Take advantage of fig tree hardiness to harvest figs even in cold climates. Learn how to prune fig trees for a bountiful crop and how to prep a fig tree for winter. Many years ago, when I first became ...

Unlike a lot of popular houseplants, the leaves of the weeping fig are small, delicate and plentiful. If the big leaf jungle theme is not for you, but you want to grow a tree indoors, this might just ...

Q: This is the saddest Ficus I’ve ever seen. I bought it in August and thought I followed instructions but now most of the leaves have fallen off. What should I do now? The bare branches seem kind of ...

Weeping fig whose scientific name if Ficus benjamina, known as benjamin fig or ficus tree, and often sold in stores as just ficus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Moraceae, native to ...

For Mackenzie Roth, a 25-year-old film marketer based in Sherman Oaks, it began with a trip six months ago to the Home Depot in Glendale. An avid home gardener, Roth has filled her apartment with a ...

Fig trees (Ficus carica) thrive in USDA hardiness zones 8 through 10, though they can also grow in colder areas with proper protection. In addition to providing shade and beauty to your yard—not to ...