Eaten fresh from the tree or cooked in a multitude of dishes, figs are a favorite naturally sweet snack packed with nutritional goodness. One of the oldest “fruits” in recorded history, figs grow on ...

Fig trees grow quickly, and cutting them back drastically helps keep them at a manageable size. Learn how and when to prune ...

Of all the Figs, Chicago Hardy is seen to be most winter hardy. These fig trees can be planted in the ground in as low as ...

Fig trees, Ficus carica, are part of the huge Ficus genus which includes around 850 different species. There are thousands of different cultivars around the world. The fig originated in the Middle ...

If you live in a cold climate, many fruit trees may seem out of reach, but this charming fig variety can survive brutal ...

It may not be easy — but it isn’t impossible, either. By Margaret Roach It looked like the best fig year ever, with maybe 20 fruits forming on my potted tree as the season progressed. But frost is ...

A lovely tropical plant is the Starlight fig tree (Ficus benjamina 'Starlight'). This fig has beautiful 2- to 4-inch apple-green leaves with white margins. Looking for a free mini puzzle? Play the USA ...

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 ...

* What it is: Fignomenal is a recently introduced dwarf fig tree that’s geared to growing in pots. It’s capable of delivering fresh figs for weeks to northern gardeners. Discovered by Lloyd Traven at ...

ONCE A HOUSEPLANT becomes so popular that Pottery Barn peddles a polyester version, its sophistication status shrivels faster than a thirsty fern. Consider the fiddle-leaf fig, hashtagged in 79,217 ...