If you love figs, you may have heard some unsettling lore about them: that every fig hides a wasp, because these insects need ...

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

We are fortunate to live in a place where we can grow so many delicacies, Cindy Watter, a UC Master Gardener of Napa County, ...

One of the most popular houseplants today is the fiddle leaf fig (Ficus lyrata). Yet this arboreal gem is also a candidate ...

when trees droop from the weight of these luscious, caramelly fruits. Nothing stands between fig lovers and this bounty, except … wasps? Yes, some seeded types of figs contain fragments of dead wasps ...

Considered by historians to be the first of the domesticated crops, figs (Ficus carica) have long been part of the cultivated diet of humans, according to evidence that stretches back more than five ...

A couple of weeks ago, we talked about fig trees that thrive in our Southeast Texas climate and yield bountiful harvests. Thanks to this year’s wonderful weather, our fig trees are bursting with fruit ...