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 ...

When the going gets tough, the tough get going indoors, especially during heat waves. If you are like me, the heat is really taking a toll on your gardening activities this summer. I garden because I ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Fig growers and fans of the ficus collected at the National Lighthouse Museum on Sunday for the ninth annual Fig Fest. It is held each year, rain or shine, on Sept. 15. And this ...

For many gardeners, 2016 may be called the Year of the Fig. Fig trees are loaded with fruit, which is a welcome change from the past two years, when winter damage lowered the harvest. The common fig ...

Plant Systematics and Evolution, Vol. 303, No. 5 (May 2017), pp. 603-614 (12 pages) Ficus (Moraceae) is a keystone group in tropical and subtropical forests with remarkable diversity of species and ...

Journal of Biogeography, Vol. 23, No. 4, Fig Trees and Their Associated Animals (Jul., 1996), pp. 467-475 (9 pages) We studied the phenology of 198 mature trees of the dioecious fig Ficus variegata ...

Most gardeners are familiar with just a few kinds of fig plants, classified botanically as Ficus. But Ficus is a genus of 800 species of trees, shrubs and vines mostly native to India, Africa and ...