Another notable group of figs are the “strangler figs.” These tropical, vine-like trees start as tiny seeds that have fallen on the branches or roots of an existing tree of another species.

Now, now, hush -- it will be OK. Grounded ficus trees regenerate themselves, a process the Wiesner Bros. in Meiers Corners explains each year to panicked fig farmers.

Without the fig, the wasp would have nowhere to lay its eggs. The Queen of Trees shows this delicate dance of survival in exquisite detail, including spectacular close-ups of the wasp’s ...

In many countries, the number of fig trees have been declining. While there are numerous explanations, one key problem is fig-wilting disease. A recognized cause of this disease is a fungus ...

Fresh fig recipes (Photo by Ann Maloney, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) (Ann Maloney) QUESTION: I have a couple of fig trees which make fruit each year. For the last few years, however, the leaves ...

The fig tree scion exchange is Sunday, March 16 from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Astoria Food Pantry, 25-82 Steinway St. Tagged. trees. queens. science. Hannah Frishberg. Read more.

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.

I have a 2 1/2-year-old tree full of green figs, but they never turn ripe. The figs fall off, and more continue to come on the tree, but none ever ripen. -- Britany ...

Weeping figs, otherwise known as 'ficus benjamina', are a low-maintenance variety of indoor tree native to Asia and Australia. With their abundance of delicate leaves, they're a great beginner ...

Figs grow closer to ripening on one of the fig trees grown by former First Selectman Ken Halaby and his wife, Linda, in Trumbull, Conn. Aug. 21, 2023. Ned Gerard/Hearst Connecticut Media ...

Sehiri, who has accompanied Under the Fig Trees to TIFF, was raised in France and returned to her parents’ native Tunisia following the popular uprising in 2011.. Working first as a journalist ...

Nine iconic fig trees at one of Australia's most scenic city beaches have been drilled and poisoned. Desperate efforts are now underway to save the historic Port Jackson fig trees at Balmoral Beach.