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 ...

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 ...

There's a lot to love about fig trees, especially if you're lucky enough to have one in your own backyard. Not only do they have stunning lobed green leaves that can provide ample shade to neighboring ...

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 ...

Q:THE garden committee of our homeowner’s association wants to trim a mature fig tree that is about 12 feet tall. It’s a very good bearer each year but is in need of a pruning. Are there any ...

Q. I have a brown turkey fig tree that has started to produce buds because of the warm weather we had. Now, I wonder if there is something I need to do to protect it. Also, when should it be pruned?