Creeping fig grows far and wide with suction-like pads that make it hard to detach. You'll have to cut the top growth and dig ...

One of the most popular houseplants today is the fiddle leaf fig (Ficus lyrata). Yet this arboreal gem is also a candidate ...

Learn how to grow figs right in your backyard. Every Southern garden should have a fig tree. These small trees or shrubs produce delicious fruit with flavors best experienced ripe from the tree.

Peace lilies are often crowned as the drama queens of houseplants for several reasons. Whenever they need water, they'll show ...

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 ...

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Hard pruning is best done keeping the natural growth cycle of azaleas in mind. The main growing season for azaleas is spring through early summer, March/April through May. Pruning hard just before or ...

Steep in milk or cream. Steep a few toasted leaves in warm milk or cream for 20 minutes and then remove and discard (or ...

When LAist senior editor Suzanne Levy discovered there was a fig tree in her new backyard, she was thrilled. She didn't realize she'd be sharing its bounty with a tenacious sweet-toothed squirrel. The ...

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A lawyer has explained your rights when cutting back the roots or branches of a neighbour's tree that encroaches on your garden. They creep over fences, block out the sun and shed leaves all over your ...