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.

Just because we don’t live in a Mediterranean climate doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy growing the common fig tree (Ficus carica).

There are at least 800 varieties of figs, from the familiar houseplant varieties such as weeping fig, rubber tree, and fiddle leaf fig to several fruiting varieties best grown outdoors.

Just because we don’t live in a Mediterranean climate doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy growing the common fig tree (Ficus carica).

Depending on the size and variety of the pear tree, expect it to bear fruit between three to seven years of age. “You can ...

San Diego has the perfect set of environmental conditions for fig trees to thrive. Gardeners who want a fig tree in their backyard should plan on putting the tree into the ground in spring or early ...