Eaten fresh from the tree or cooked in a multitude of dishes, figs are a favorite naturally sweet snack packed with nutritional goodness. One of the oldest “fruits” in recorded history, figs grow on ...

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 ...

One of my friends at the pool asked me if we really could grow and harvest the figs in Ohio. From the latest research I have done, what I discovered is yes, you can grow them and there is a potential ...

While fiddle leaf figs have a reputation for being finicky (which is at least partially deserved), they just need the right ...

Fig trees, Ficus carica, are part of the huge Ficus genus which includes around 850 different species. There are thousands of different cultivars around the world. The fig originated in the Middle ...

ONCE A HOUSEPLANT becomes so popular that Pottery Barn peddles a polyester version, its sophistication status shrivels faster than a thirsty fern. Consider the fiddle-leaf fig, hashtagged in 79,217 ...

Season after season, year in and out, Linda Cicero gets her hopes up that finally, this time around, she'll harvest fruit from the fig tree outside her Noe Valley home in San Francisco. Instead, she ...

When looking for a unique holiday tree this season, consider adding a plant you can enjoy now and throughout the year.

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 ...

A reader from Atco writes: I thought I had lost my 15-year-old fig tree this year. I uncovered it as I usually do and noticed there were no new buds or new growth. By the middle of June, I cut all the ...