For Mackenzie Roth, a 25-year-old film marketer based in Sherman Oaks, it began with a trip six months ago to the Home Depot in Glendale. An avid home gardener, Roth has filled her apartment with a ...

Weeping fig whose scientific name if Ficus benjamina, known as benjamin fig or ficus tree, and often sold in stores as just ficus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Moraceae, native to ...

Ficus benjamina, alias weeping fig, is considered a top contender in the houseplant category for first-place favorite in the hearts of indoor gardeners. Many agree they are one of the finest ...

Q: This is the saddest Ficus I’ve ever seen. I bought it in August and thought I followed instructions but now most of the leaves have fallen off. What should I do now? The bare branches seem kind of ...

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 ...

Ficus benjamina, alias weeping fig, is a favorite of many indoor gardeners. Others, though, want to strangle their tree right about now because of its incessant leaf drop, a trait that gives the plant ...

The weeping fig, Ficus benjamina is a houseplant classic. Unlike a lot of popular houseplants, the leaves of the weeping fig are small, delicate and plentiful. If the big leaf jungle theme is not for ...

One of the most popular houseplants today is the fiddle leaf fig (Ficus lyrata). Yet this arboreal gem is also a candidate for outdoor growing. You would not know this from looking at the climate ...

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 ...