The Bismarck Tribune

Dakota Gardener: Take another look at ficus trees

The National Garden Bureau designated 2026 as the “Year of the Ficus.” Your first thought might be the weeping fig (Ficus ...
Hunker on MSN

The fast-growing fruit tree that thrives in cold climates & is great for beginners

If you're interested in growing your own fruit trees but live in a colder climate, you still have options. Consider this ...
TreeHugger

Growing and Maintaining Your Fig Tree

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. The common fig (Ficus carica) is a small tree native to southwest Asia but ...
SFGate

A few guidelines for nurturing a fine ficus tree

I also have a ficus, which I have managed to keep alive since 1991. The tree has had several periods of living on the edge, so I'll share what I've learned. 1. Ficus can be trimmed into a manageable ...
Mint

Bird country in a fig tree

A banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis), India’s national tree, is a fig plant that begins life as an epiphyte. An epiphyte is a plant that grows on another plant (like orchids), when its seed germinates ...
Staten Island Advance

Feting the ficus at the Staten Island Fig Fest

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Sea breezes ruffled the floppy leaves of potted fig and fruit trees temporarily on display in St. George at the 14th annual Fig Fest. The collection of ficus af-fig-ionados took ...