Southern Living on MSN

7 fruit trees that grow beautifully in containers for small spaces

Start with the right pot size. Young fruit trees should generally be potted in a 5- to 10-gallon container. Gradually ...
Dengarden on MSN

The fruit trees you can grow indoors, according to horticulturists

No garden? You can still grow your own delicious fruit—just pick cultivars suitable for growing indoors. These are the ones ...
Marin Independent Journal

Do you have a fig tree? Look out for the black fig fly

If you’ve got fig trees, listen up because there’s a new troublemaker that’s headed our way — the black fig fly (Silba adipata). Hailing all the way from the Mediterranean region, this little critter ...
AOL

How To Prune Fig Trees The Right Way For Bigger, Better Harvests

Fig trees are prolific growers and can mature at 10 to 30 feet tall and wide. Pruning controls their size so they grow more bushlike than treelike. Native to Asia and the Mediterranean, they thrive in ...
The Advocate

In Louisiana, it's fig season. Here's info on their history, care and best varieties

July in Louisiana marks many celebrations, one of which is fig harvest season. Figs (Ficus carica), native to the Middle East and western Asia, have become naturalized in North America and are widely ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Garden Mastery: San Diego is an ideal environment for growing figs

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 ...