The Brown Turkey fig tree (Ficus carica ‘Brown Turkey’) is a popular fruit tree prized for its sweet, mild figs and adaptability to West Texas. Native to the Mediterranean, this variety ...

Brown leaves on a tree can be a sign of many different problems. If your fig tree's (Ficus carica) leaves are turning brown, you might be anxious to take action and save your tree.

Planting the tree was my Italian-American mother-in-law’s idea. When I moved into the brownstone in 1997, she regaled me with stories of fig trees all over Brooklyn.

But the Madera-based California Fresh Fig Growers Association hopes the wait is worth it as they prepare to launch a new kind of fig. Due to new acres planted and a healthy crop, growers expect plenty ...

For a type called common fig – Black Mission, Brown Turkey and Kadota among others – reproduction is a piece of cake. They are parthenocarpic, or self-fertile, as their nursery tags say.

Key Features Formal back garden includes espaliered fig Ficus carica ‘Brown Turkey’ and Japanese Box Buxus microphylla cv. The front yard has an avenue o Manchurian pears Pyrus ussuriensis and ...

Growing figs in New Jersey may seem like just another case of zone denial, a flat refusal to believe that we are living in the Northeast, not the Mediterranean. But it's really more than that ...