“All major fruit tree species tend to do better with spring planting,” Slack says. But it’s important to work around frost ...

This Mediterranean tree is low maintenance, requiring sunshine and free-draining soil, and can typically provide you with ...

LAist senior editor Suzanne Levy recounts her life with a backyard fig tree and a squirrel with a sweet tooth.

By Eddie Smith MSU Extension Service Figs have always been one of my favorite fruit trees, and I find there’s something ...

If you’d love to grow fruit trees but think you don’t have the space, think again. You don’t need an orchard or even a large ...

When LAist senior editor Suzanne Levy discovered there was a fig tree in her new backyard, she was thrilled. She didn't ...

Q: My Black Jack fig produced a few full-sized figs early in the season but in the last month the figs are small, turn dark and dry up. What could it be? The tree is about 40 years old and appears ...

University of Maryland Biology Professor Carlos Machado studies the extraordinary partnership between figs and their tiny pollinators—and what happens when some evolutionary partners turn into ...

The American smoketree (Cotinus obovatus) is a small, striking tree that both you and your favorite songbirds will love having in your backyard. It provides multi-season beauty beginning in late ...

Our fruit trees were crushed under a large fallen branch from a huge fig and my mission was to remove the debris and save the fruit trees - I named it "Operation Fruit Tree Rescue..." Self Sufficient ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The large green fencing has been taken down around the landmark Moreton Bay Fig Tree in Santa Barbara. It had been up for several years around the tree and nearby park on ...