A step-by-step guide to cultivating delicious figs at home. Figs are a delightful option for home gardeners, combining sweet, rich flavor and ease of care. Once established, fig trees require minimal ...

Figs come in all shapes and sizes. Some are trees, while others are bushes or vines. Most are found in the tropics, although a few can grow in temperate climates. Perhaps the most familiar to most ...

I’ve been tending fig trees for years as a gardener, but one that always comes to mind is a grand ‘Brown Turkey’ espaliered flat against a vast stone barn in South Wales. The garden sat at the bottom ...

When a young boy went missing near his mother’s rice field in Indonesian Borneo, the entire village searched for him. After ...

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 ...

The fig, Ficus carica, is native to Asia Minor and is thought to be one of the earliest fruit trees cultivated by humans. It belongs to a group of plants that have milky sap, or latex, and includes ...

Brown leaves on a tree can be a sign of many different problems. If your fig tree's (Ficus carica) leaves are turning brown, you might be anxious to take action and save your tree. But, depending on ...

A question for Dan Gill: Could you give me some tips on how to pollinate figs? I have a 2 1/2-year-old tree full of green figs, but they never turn ripe. The figs fall off, and more continue to come ...