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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Q: I have a lovely fig tree that was planted four years ago. It has grown vigorously and could do with a trim. When is the best time of year to trim a fig tree? How heavy should I go? WM, Co Dublin A: ...

"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 ...

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 ...

Though pruning takes some practice, figs are low-care fruit trees. Here are other tips from Steve Renquist, a horticulturist with Oregon State University Extension Service in Roseburg. (Wikimedia ...

Dear Neil: We had a terrible problem with nutgrass in our lawn last summer. Will a pre-emergent weedkiller stop it this year? If so, which one, and when should it be applied? Answer: The weed you have ...

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 ...