Maintaining a happy and healthy fig tree is essential if you want to get tasty and juicy fruit, and the key to keeping one in top health is to prune it properly. However, there's an art to this task ...

The secret to the perfect fig is in your shears. A few strategic cuts turn a tangled thicket into a high-yielding masterpiece ...

Fig trees (Ficus carica) thrive in USDA hardiness zones 8 through 10, though they can also grow in colder areas with proper protection. In addition to providing shade and beauty to your yard—not to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fig trees are prolific growers and can mature at 10 to 30 feet tall and wide. Pruning controls their size so they grow more ...

Most varieties of figs do extremely well in the New Orleans area — sometimes, it seems, a little too well. Many fig trees are treated as a “plant it and forget about it” tree, attended only when the ...

If you would like to add spring-flowering trees to your landscape, January and February are excellent months to plant them.

Pruning season is upon us. Garden priorities might simply be clearer this year, but the list of pruning tasks has grown dauntingly long. One of the most pressing tasks is to shape a Red Clusterberry ...

Learn how to grow figs right in your backyard.

Figs are unique among fruits grown in North Carolina. Unlike most fruit, in which the edible portion is matured ovary tissue derived directly from flowers, fig fruit are inverted flowers surrounded ...

It is bittersweet saying goodbye to the homegrown flavors of summer. Fresh tomatoes, ripe berries, and sweet figs are a few of my favorites. Perhaps one of the easiest fruits to grow in the south, ...