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 ...

Bite into a warm juicy fig, picked fresh off the tree, and I guarantee you’ll want to grow a fig tree in your garden. A wide variety of bareroot fig trees will soon be available at local nurseries and ...

Three months ago, this column explored having a fig tree in the garden, describing the enjoyment of eating ripe figs right off the tree, and the challenge of managing a vigorous plant that can grow to ...

Q: The leaves on my fig tree are covered in brown spots and some are falling off. What can I do? A: The most likely culprit of these symptoms is a common fungal disease called Fig Rust, caused by the ...

Your good advice got my baby fig safely through the last winter and now I want to know if I need do anything to help it through this one. No longer a baby, it is now about 6 feet tall and seems very ...

The next plant I plan to buy for myself (and not for a garden client) will definitely be a fig tree. I usually harvest figs from my clients’ trees, and any fruit that goes uneaten I turn into yummy ...

Brown leaves on a tree can be a sign of many different problems. If your fig tree's (Ficus carica) leaves are turning brown, you might be anxious to take action and save your tree. But, depending on ...

Pat Morgan of Westlake Village wrote to the SoCal Garden Clinic to ask: My fig tree was started from a cutting three years ago and was recently transplanted to our atrium. It has been in a container ...

The sacred fig tree (Ficus religiosa) is native to Southeast Asia and gets its name from its deep spiritual and religious significance. Also known as the bodhi tree, the sacred fig tree is said to be ...

If you've followed along with Gandy's Garden in the past, you know Jim Gandy spent a lot of time creating barriers to keep deer from the garden. Deer are abundant around News 19 day and night, and ...

Q: My sweet husband has enjoyed gardening most of his 89 years and received a surprise this year when what he thought to be a cucumber vine began growing up a nearby fig tree. Unfortunately, our fig ...