Both Improved Celeste Figs (O'Rourke) and Celeste Figs are recommended cultivars for planting in Louisiana. (RUSTY COSTANZA / THE TIMES-PICAY) QUESTION: What is the difference between the Improved ...

Figs, one of the most popular fruits grown in southern backyards, was one of the first fruits people cultivated. Archaeological evidence dates fig cultivation to about 4000 B.C. A native of ancient ...

If you would like to add spring-flowering trees to your landscape, January and February are excellent months to plant them.

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 ...

Learn how to grow figs right in your backyard.

Gardeners, it certainly seems summer has arrived early this year as we’ve reached the lower 90s too often for us to consider this a mild spring! Several weeks remain before summer officially arrives, ...

Did you know at one time up until the 1950s the Pearland-Friendswood area had no fewer than four fig canning plants? There were numerous fig orchards around in those days to supply the plants, which ...

Following two years of frustrations with our family’s fig tree and zero fig production, 2023 has finally brought figs to our table. Northeast Texas fig tree owners recall the effect of Snomageddon ...

One of the things I love about living in a small town is that if you don’t have a tree or garden of your own oftentimes others will share their bounty. I was lucky enough to have my friend Laney ...

If someone you know has gone missing, if your loved ones in recent days are distant, let me suggest where to look: The fig tree. We have figs on our grounds at the Mobile Botanical Gardens, perhaps ...

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 ...

Did you know at one time up until the 1950s the Pearland-Friendswood area had no fewer than four fig canning plants? There were numerous fig orchards around in those days to supply the plants, which ...