Some 87 ficus trees on Robertson Boulevard will be cut down for a sidewalk project. For some, the removals are bittersweet. For others, they feel like a death.

While others debate the ficus on a city-wide level, I appeal to city officials: take out my aging tree. It's had its threescore and 10.

Sidewalks can be repaired and re-aligned to accommodate the roots. Roots can be pruned and crowns thinned to redirect growth. Ficus are vigorous, if pruning is done by a trained arborist, will not be ...

My ficus tree is in a large pot on a shaded patio. It looks great except that the new leaves are folding up and look almost like peapods. I opened the leaves and saw little black bugs.

Remove the bad stuff Another reason to prune during the summer is if you have broken or dead branches or if you see diseased growth. Removing dead and broken branches allows the tree to begin ...

Workers from San Francisco Public Works labored nearly 10 hours Wednesday to cut back a top-heavy ficus tree threatening the roof of McDonald’s at 24th and Mission streets. The work started at 6 a.m. ...

A 35-foot tall ficus tree thought to be among the oldest in Maurice A. Ferré Park was chopped down by city of Miami without a proper permit.

As pedestrians walked up Potrero near 23rd Street, an SFMTA officer warned of a fallen tree ahead and directed the southbound traffic to turn left onto 23rd toward Utah. Half of a large ficus tree ...