There was time when one of the hallmarks of Palm Beach was thick hedges of ficus benjamina towering above the sidewalks to provide privacy for the homes beyond them. But times are changing. This past ...

One of the best indoor-outdoor container trees for Central Florida is, without a doubt, the ficus. The plant is quite forgiving. Still, two things must be kept in mind when growing a ficus: It is not ...

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 ...

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 ...

The first plant I bought when I arrived in Florida from the Boston area was a ficus, or weeping fig. I could not resist. A similar-size tree would have cost three times as much up North. Because ficus ...