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 ...

Pruning season is upon us. Garden priorities might simply be clearer this year, but the list of pruning tasks has grown dauntingly long. One of the most pressing tasks is to shape a Red Clusterberry ...

A. Generally, mature figs are pruned little or not at all. Heavy pruning of some varieties can increase freeze injury, and some varieties produce smaller crops when pruned. You can reduce a too-large ...

Fig plants need plenty of light to grow well. Ideally, keep them near a south-facing window where they can soak up at least ...

Quick question. We have a fig tree that's still producing fruit. I was wondering when I can prune it. It's getting bigger and bigger every year! I want to cut it down in height as well as width. Any ...

Q: We have two fig trees that we planted three years ago. They have not produced figs this year. I cut one of them back last fall, and it has no figs on it at all this year. The other plant has figs, ...

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 ...

The appearance of prune plums and Black Mission figs in late summer is a gentle but firm reminder that our current bounty of delicate fruits will soon give way to fall's crisper, heartier cousins. To ...

Purdue Landscape Report: Some of the questions that I get asked quite frequently are “Are my trees ok?”, “Do I need to have an arborist come work on my trees?”, and “Is there anything I can do to help ...