Since the fig forms its fruit on shoots that start to grow in the spring, it can be radically pruned in the winter without affecting the following year’s two crops. The first crop starts to grow in ...

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

I like maximising growing space for food crops, so in this example, I have a fig tree growing in a container with an ...

It's not too early to get started nurturing some new trees. In fact, one fruit species does spectacularly when propagated ...

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Fig trees, Ficus carica, are part of the huge Ficus genus which includes around 850 different species. There are thousands of different cultivars around the world. The fig originated in the Middle ...

Martin specifically recommends the dwarf fig Ficus carica ‘Fignomenal’ as her top pick for growing in pots. This pint-sized ...

Considered by historians to be the first of the domesticated crops, figs (Ficus carica) have long been part of the cultivated diet of humans, according to evidence that stretches back more than five ...