House Digest on MSN

The fruit tree you should propagate indoors this winter for a head start on spring

It's not too early to get started nurturing some new trees. In fact, one fruit species does spectacularly when propagated ...
Hunker on MSN

The fast-growing fruit tree that thrives in cold climates & is great for beginners

If you're interested in growing your own fruit trees but live in a colder climate, you still have options. Consider this ...
TreeHugger

Growing and Maintaining Your Fig Tree

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. The common fig (Ficus carica) is a small tree native to southwest Asia but ...
NOLA.com

Focus on ficus when the summer heat sends you indoors to garden

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 ...
Los Angeles Times

Tree of the week: Ficus

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Good morning. Newcomers to this blog will be startled to see an item ...
Staten Island Advance

Feting the ficus at the Staten Island Fig Fest

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Sea breezes ruffled the floppy leaves of potted fig and fruit trees temporarily on display in St. George at the 14th annual Fig Fest. The collection of ficus af-fig-ionados took ...
Los Angeles Times

How the weeping fig became the ‘It’ plant of the gardening world (again)

For Mackenzie Roth, a 25-year-old film marketer based in Sherman Oaks, it began with a trip six months ago to the Home Depot in Glendale. An avid home gardener, Roth has filled her apartment with a ...