In my opinion, the easiest fruit to grow in Southeast Texas is the fig—by far! Common figs ( Ficus carica) are unique because ...

Celeste: It's a hardy fig variety that grows well throughout the state. The fruit is small to medium and is purplish-bronze to light brown with a light strawberry-colored pulp. The fruit has a ...

As your fig tree matures, it's best to taper off the aggressive pruning in favor of adopting an as-needed basis. Fig trees can grow well, once established, without a lot of excessive trimming and ...

Q. My maple tree is low to the ground, and the branches are blocking my neighbor’s view out her driveway. When can I have it trimmed, and how much can we remove? I need to remove some of the ...

The fig tree's deciduous leaves are palmate, ... Celeste: A pear-shaped fruit with a short neck and slender stalk. The fruit is small to medium and the skin is purplish-brown.

If someone you know has gone missing, if your loved ones in recent days are distant, let me suggest where to look: The fig tree. We have figs on our grounds at the Mobile Botanical Gardens ...

We have four Fig Newton trees in our current garden, including ‘Brown Turkey’, ‘Celeste’ and ‘Italian Black’. Fig Fact: Common figs are unique in that they do not require pollinators ...

Celeste is a large fig tree that is highly productive. The flesh is rich and sweet, often used to make fig preserves. It fruits very early in the season (June), ...

Unwrap the tree on a cloudy day in early spring, just after the last frost. If your friend or neighbor has gotten away with not protecting their fig tree, you might be tempted to throw caution to ...

Ripens after ‘Celeste,’ so you can have an extended fig production.” The ‘Texas Everbearing’ fig, also known as a brown turkey fig, is the largest of the fig trees I’ve planted and can ...

I have a Celeste Fig Tree. Squirrels and rats have discovered the tree, so I no longer get figs (they do). But during the great freeze of 2021 (it got down to -2°F in my yard) the tree died to ...