A fig tree faces a sticky situation after causing damage to a local church, prompting fierce community debate over its future. St John’s Anglican Church submitted an application to council on November ...

Martin specifically recommends the dwarf fig Ficus carica ‘Fignomenal’ as her top pick for growing in pots. This pint-sized ...

For more than 40 years, readers have been writing to gardening expert Marianne Binetti about a particularly finicky houseplant.

Indoors, its dependable value is simpler: upright leaves catch dust, slow transpiration softens dry heat, and the plant stays ...

In Indonesian Borneo, forests survive not through law but belief, as fear of tree spirits spares strangler figs that sustain wildlife.

Fig trees are prolific growers and can mature at 10 to 30 feet tall and wide. Pruning controls their size so they grow more bushlike than treelike. Native to Asia and the Mediterranean, they thrive in ...

They'll make you forget all about winter.

Cut these vigorous growers back to keep them in check. Fig trees (Ficus carica) are shrubs or small trees that thrive in warm climates, tolerating droughts and heat. They are grown for their abundance ...

Knowing when to take down your Christmas tree isn't cut and dry, so let tradition — or your personal preference — guide you Not only is there a debate regarding when to put up a Christmas tree, but ...

Back in 1964, a scientific decision ended up destroying one of the oldest living organisms ever discovered. Prometheus, a Great Basin bristlecone pine growing high on the slopes of Wheeler Peak in ...

Hardwoods, known as broadleafs, are trees classed as angiosperms with ovules enclosed for fruit protection. When appropriately watered on good fertile sites or fed in the landscape with a unique tree ...