Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fig trees are prolific growers and can mature at 10 to 30 feet tall and wide. Pruning controls their size so they grow more ...

The secret to the perfect fig is in your shears. A few strategic cuts turn a tangled thicket into a high-yielding masterpiece. Here’s how to master pruning fig trees ...

Fig trees (Ficus carica) thrive in USDA hardiness zones 8 through 10, though they can also grow in colder areas with proper protection. In addition to providing shade and beauty to your yard—not to ...

Help! I have several fig trees and am not sure how to prune them. The bushy tree you see has over time become a shrub/bush ...

In February, before spring has arrived and the bugs are back out, it's a great time to do some yard maintenance. These trees ...

If you’ve ever wrestled with an overgrown fruit tree, you know the struggle: branches reaching for the sky, fruit hiding in a tangled mess and those pesky suckers popping up everywhere. But don’t ...

If you would like to add spring-flowering trees to your landscape, January and February are excellent months to plant them.

One the most frequently asked gardening question concerns pruning. Many ask if it’s OK to prune any time the temperature changes, particularly if there is extremely cold weather as we’ve experienced ...

Recently, while chatting with an arborist friend of mine with decades of experience, he mentioned he saw a tree service working on trees around the townhouses where he lives, which had been contracted ...

Late winter is an ideal time for pruning many trees, and fruit trees are no exception. Regularly trimming away damaged and unsightly branches is key to maintaining a healthy tree with an aesthetically ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty / Jasenka Arbanas Fig trees (Ficus carica) thrive in USDA hardiness zones 8 through 10, though they can also grow in colder ...