Petite varieties only reach six to eight feet, but the Chicago hardy fig, for example, can grow up to 30 feet tall. If you've decided to get a fig tree from a plant nursery and have chosen the ...

But fig cultivation in California began a slow ... “It’s not that we believe them to necessarily be new tree varieties,” Burke tried to explain to his critics; the names he’d given these ...

The trees are deciduous ... Birds may also be a challenge. Popular fig varieties in Louisiana include Celeste, known for its resistance to fruit splitting and souring, and Florentine, which ...

Are you growing a fig tree and only getting a few fruits? Figs require a long, hot summer to fully ripen. Some varieties will produce ripe figs in a shorter growing season. Selecting early ...

There are some fig varieties, like the Calimyrna fig that do require a wasp to pollinate it, but those are grown on the West Coast. Fig trees are so easy to grow, that it was actually the first ...

Not all varieties of figs thrive ... an inch of water every couple of weeks is sufficient. To add more fig trees to your collection, propagating by cuttings is an easy task.