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 ...

If you would like to know how to prune a massive amount of fruit trees fast and easy then this is the video to watch! Here are my 10 top tips on how to prune a lot of fruit trees so that they will ...

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 don't need a lot of pruning throughout the year but can benefit from pruning during their dormancy (late winter or ...

Sure, unpruned fruit trees can still produce a crop. But knowing how to prune fruit trees properly helps them be more productive and the fruit will be easier to harvest. This guide explains the ...

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 ...

A question for Dan Gill: I have a 40-plus-year-old fig tree that is about 12 feet tall. I would like to cut back the high branches and reduce the height of the tree so I can pick the figs easier. When ...

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 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 ...

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 ...