Mindful pruning, ancient wisdom and therapeutic gardening converge as millennials embrace the centuries-old art of bonsai ...

In winter, Ficus Retusa bonsai should be protected from freezing temperatures, which can damage or kill the tree. You can ...

Certain trees, like figs, crape myrtles, calamondins, ginkgos, and Japanese maples, can thrive when planted in pots rather ...

Some carbon dioxide absorbed by fig trees gets turned into calcium carbonate within the wood and the surrounding soil, ...

Some species of fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks—essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone, new ...

Scientists discovered that fig trees in Kenya can store carbon dioxide as calcium carbonate rocks inside their trunks and ...

Kenyan fig trees can literally turn parts of themselves to stone, using microbes to convert internal crystals into limestone-like deposits that lock away carbon, sweeten surrounding soils, and ...

Brooklyn Botanic Garden has opened a centennial exhibit celebrating its internationally respected bonsai collection.

The fig tree in Kenya, Africa./Courtesy of Mike Rowley, researcher at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. To combat global warming, it is said to plant many trees.