In addition to providing shade and beauty to your yard—not to mention delicious fruit—fig trees also help with soil retention and erosion control. Pruning a fig tree annually is the gardener's ...

Regular pruning is essential to ensure a healthy and productive fig tree. Fig trees (Ficus carica) thrive in USDA hardiness zones 8 through 10, though they can also grow in colder areas with ...

Learn how to grow and care for DownHome Harvest® 'Little Miss Figgy' Dwarf Fig, a compact variety perfect for gardens or ...

The trees along all the major parade routes get swamped with beads during Mardi Gras. Many of the beads stay in the trees for ...

You do not want to plant a tree that starts small but eventually outgrows the space. Select trees with controlled or slow ...

This invasive species has already significantly infected other areas including Hyde, Beatty and Robertson parks.

And for many of these fig trees, there’s a name and face and a ... that you’ve been pruning so it’s growing vigorously,” Polozola said. “Ensure that it’s getting water, especially ...

All kinds of tasty fruit can be grown in containers in small spaces, from dwarf citrus to cherries, apples, pomegranates, ...

I started a home garden with tomatoes, okra, peppers, and berries to help offset my family's expenses. I've learned a lot ...