BOTANICALLY and historically, figs are a bit of a curiosity. The fig (Ficus carica) is a distant relative to the mulberry and the jackfruit. Native to western Asia, figs spread by human cultivation to ...

Fig trees don't need a lot of pruning throughout the year but can benefit from pruning during their dormancy (late winter or ...

Q. Why does my fig tree have black spots on the leaves, and can I grow figs in pots? Do they like a lot of sun? Do tomato plants like a lot of sun? What’s a good fertilizer and can they be grown in ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Over 70 trees and up to 80 percent of some of the understorey plantings were lost and a lot of the soil ...

Growing figs in New Jersey may seem like just another case of zone denial, a flat refusal to believe that we are living in the Northeast, not the Mediterranean. But it's really more than that -- Old ...

arol Gorenberg writes: I planted a white Genoa fig tree nine years ago and have kept it compact and nicely shaped to form the focal point of my small, sunny West Santa Rosa yard. It is beautiful and ...

My friend has a great fig tree, and I would like to grow one like it in my yard. What is the best way to root a piece of his tree? — Larry Haley Figs are easy to propagate from dormant, hardwood ...

QUESTION: What is the procedure for rooting a fig tree from a limb of an existing mature fig tree? -- Freddy Hebert ANSWER: Figs trees are easy to propagate from dormant, hardwood cuttings taken this ...

Q: I have a lovely fig tree that was planted four years ago. It has grown vigorously and could do with a trim. When is the best time of year to trim a fig tree? How heavy should I go? WM, Co Dublin A: ...

Pat Morgan of Westlake Village wrote to the SoCal Garden Clinic to ask: My fig tree was started from a cutting three years ago and was recently transplanted to our atrium. It has been in a container ...

I am not particularly fond of fig trees, with their knotty trunks contrasted against tropical-looking foliage. And even though the fruit is photogenic, I also don’t hold much enthusiasm for it fresh.