Enter F. insipida, a fast-growing fig tree that thrives throughout the tropics. The trees grow annual rings, which is uncommon among tropical trees. The researchers analyzed tree cores from five s ...

Care requirements: Full sun; well-draining soil rich in organic matter ...

FIG trees could give researchers the inside track on whether international efforts to prevent mercury emissions are working ...

The dying host appears to have been “strangled”, hence the name strangler fig. The dead host tree often leaves the fig with a hollow trunk when it decomposes, providing more nutrients as it decays.

The club recently hosted a presentation by Brad Hamilton, owner of Zenith Farms in Lexington, on growing fig trees in Ohio. Hamilton, who has thousands of varieties of fruit trees on trial ...