Fig Tree Care Figs are self-fruitful, so you need only one plant to produce fruit. Mature fig trees are wide and shrubby and can be 10 to 30 feet tall, with some varieties bred to be more compact ...

What I find fascinating about fig tree roots is they do better in clay soil and won’t harm other trees’ roots as rapidly. Fig trees can be successfully grown in a heated greenhouse.

The Celeste fig is hardy in zones 6-10, while the Chicago Hardy fig can be grown in zones 5-10. In colder areas, the top may not survive; however if properly protected, the roots will still live.

When talking with my friend Carl Orndorff, who has been growing plants for nearly 80 years, he had another option. Rather than trimming the phlox with a mower, or going to the trouble of dividing ...

Behind the Sosa-Carrillo-Frémont house nestled between the Tucson Convention Center and Music Hall, there's a large fig tree in the backyard of one of Tucson's oldest homes. Jesús García has ...

If you’re growing fig trees where temperatures drop below freezing for extended periods, then an ounce of protection can be worth a pound (or more!) of figs. Native to Mediterranean Europe, Asia ...

Matter of fact, my friend also saved it for me, because I have told her about my family and the labor of love in having fig trees. Back in 1953, my father came from Italy with a piece of fig tree.

A fig tree once owned by Ocracoke Island resident Chester Lynn's grandmother has given birth to many others, including some that have been sold to tourists to be planted around the country.