Q: I was recently given a container-grown outdoor fig tree as a present by a kind friend who knows how much I love my garden.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. These indoor trees can double as a statement-making interior design element. Katarzyna Bialasiewicz/Getty Images Ficus trees, also ...

These underrated ficus plants are just as stylish as a fiddle leaf fig, but much easier to keep alive. For more than a decade, fiddle leaf figs (Ficus lyrata) have dominated Instagram feeds, design ...

Sure, the tallest trees on Earth are coastal redwoods, with one topping out at 380 feet. But the largest trees? They’re ficus trees. The champion ficus (the fig family) is thought to be a specimen ...

Beverly Hills has just cut down many ficus macrocarpa, also known as Indian laurel fig, trees, and a total of 87 more there are scheduled for destruction. Our own city of Whittier has cut down healthy ...

When the going gets tough, the tough get going indoors, especially during heat waves. If you are like me, the heat is really taking a toll on your gardening activities this summer. I garden because I ...

The city of Beverly Hills is in the process of cutting down scores of ficus trees to make room for a sidewalk project. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) Wendy Klenk never considered herself a ...

More than 1,600 mature street trees in Long Beach and tens of thousands throughout Southern California are susceptible to a new, deadly fungal strain that kills at alarming speed and threatens to ...

These indoor trees can double as a statement-making interior design element. Katarzyna Bialasiewicz/Getty Images Ficus trees, also known as fig trees, are popularly grown as houseplants to add height ...