Pruning your fruit tree is an essential task, but when's the best time to do it? Some varieties, like apple and pear trees, ...

When we lived in Little Forest Hills, my husband and I had two-mile route we walked regularly through the neighborhood. Around the corner from our house was a lovely mature fig tree. One day, during ...

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 ...

If you’ve got fig trees, listen up because there’s a new troublemaker that’s headed our way — the black fig fly (Silba adipata). Hailing all the way from the Mediterranean region, this little critter ...

Figs, one of the most popular fruits grown in southern backyards, was one of the first fruits people cultivated. Archaeological evidence dates fig cultivation to about 4000 B.C. A native of ancient ...

If you want to grow a fig tree in your home, don't be intimidated. We spoke to an expert about how you can do so with success ...

The most frequently asked question asked in 2016 concerned fig trees. Readers wanted to know why their fig trees did not produce good fruit. Either the fruit dropped from the tree when it was small, ...

A: Figs (Ficus carica) are one of the easiest fruit trees to grow in our warmer inland areas. Figs are native to Southern Arabia, from semi-desert regions, areas with climates similar to ours. They do ...

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 ...