Growing fruit trees in containers gives you flexibility to control sunlight, size, and damaging weather. Try growing one of these fruit trees in pots.

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 ...

Many of the most popular fruit trees, including apples, pears, cherries, and apricots, can all be successfully grown in pots with little fuss. Most types of fruit trees now come in dwarfing varieties ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." There's a lot to love about fig trees, especially if you're lucky enough to have one in your own backyard ...

I’ve been tending fig trees for years as a gardener, but one that always comes to mind is a grand ‘Brown Turkey’ espaliered flat against a vast stone barn in South Wales. The garden sat at the bottom ...

DO YOUR figs drop off the tree, as hard as conkers, and are there figs on your tree right now, in November, that look like they might just make something of themselves if only it were August? That’s ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The arrival of a new year may be brimming with new opportunities, but finding a big, beautiful, and live ...

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 ...

If figs are too cold-wimpy for central Pennsylvania's climate, this should've been the winter that they bit the dust. The long string of sub-freezing weather knocked most local figs back to the ground ...