Eaten fresh from the tree or cooked in a multitude of dishes, figs are a favorite naturally sweet snack packed with nutritional goodness. One of the oldest “fruits” in recorded history, figs grow on ...

Stop shaking your fiddle-leaf’s trunk and buy a better planter. I live with about 30 houseplants, and despite all the plant-parent discourse I’ve seen online about how fickle a fiddle-leaf fig tree is ...

Right now, the department store is selling one of the most popular houseplants ever on its warehouse floors. It’s the coveted ...

The fiddle leaf fig has become a houseplant staple. Loved for its large, paddle-shaped leaves and tall, upright stature, it's a popular choice for filling empty corners and makes a more compact ...

It may not be easy — but it isn’t impossible, either. By Margaret Roach It looked like the best fig year ever, with maybe 20 fruits forming on my potted tree as the season progressed. But frost is ...

Fig trees, Ficus carica, are part of the huge Ficus genus which includes around 850 different species. There are thousands of different cultivars around the world. The fig originated in the Middle ...

A lovely tropical plant is the Starlight fig tree (Ficus benjamina 'Starlight'). This fig has beautiful 2- to 4-inch apple-green leaves with white margins. Looking for a free mini puzzle? Play the USA ...

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 ...

In the lobby of an eco-chic yoga studio. In the background of an influencer's selfies. In a real estate story on SFGate, tucked in the photos of a staged home for sale. It was tall, bold and beautiful ...