If you would like to add spring-flowering trees to your landscape, January and February are excellent months to plant them.

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WEST BRIGHTON — By Memorial Day, the fig tree in my back yard sprouts its floppy, hand-shaped leaves. But it was not the case this year: As of today, this summery plant looks more like a Charlie Brown ...

DEAR JESSICA: I have three fig trees that are each three years old. They are the dark figs. I cover them each year with a layer of burlap, then wrap them in pink fiberglass insulation and finish with ...

This is the perfect time to plant a fruit tree. Wondering what fruit trees to plant? From apricots to plums, here are 10 more ...

If you’ve got fig trees, listen up because there’s a new troublemaker that’s headed our way — the black fig fly (Silba adipata). Hailing all the way from the Mediterranean region, this little critter ...

Figs are one of the most widely planted fruit trees in home landscapes in Louisiana. They thrive in the New Orleans area and are remarkably easy to take care of. With little effort, they will produce ...

In the backyard of an unassuming suburban home in Bethlehem, Pa., is a global cornucopia of botanical heritage. Almost 300 varieties of fig grow here, most of them with roots in Europe, Asia or Africa ...

Considered by historians to be the first of the domesticated crops, figs (Ficus carica) have long been part of the cultivated diet of humans, according to evidence that stretches back more than five ...