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.

Fig fruit grows on old and new growth. Pruning back will delay fruit production, but if you're growing figs in a container and sheltering them from the winter cold, you should prune them for the best ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." There's a lot to love about fig trees, especially if you're lucky enough to have one in your own backyard ...

Many fruit crops, such as most apple varieties, have to be cross-pollinated, meaning you need to grow more than one apple tree in order for them to bear fruit. Pollen from a different variety of apple ...

For a hint of the Mediterranean, try a fig tree like 'Brown Turkey'. They thrive in pots and actually bear fruit better when ...

One of my friends at the pool asked me if we really could grow and harvest the figs in Ohio. From the latest research I have done, what I discovered is yes, you can grow them and there is a potential ...

If I could only grow one fruit tree, it would have to be a fig. Partly because it is so simple to produce delicious figs – so much so, their nickname is “the lazy man’s fruit”. You do not have to have ...

I just received a branch of a fig tree, and I would like to know how to root it and grow it in a pot or in my backyard. — Leroy Harris Figs are easy to propagate from dormant, hardwood cuttings. Cut ...

Figs are one of the most widely planted fruit trees in home landscapes in Louisiana. They thrive in the New Orleans area and are remarkably easy to take care of. With little effort, they will produce ...