Start with the right pot size. Young fruit trees should generally be potted in a 5- to 10-gallon container. Gradually ...

For more than 40 years, readers have been writing to gardening expert Marianne Binetti about a particularly finicky ...

Butterfly vine is a heat-loving plant from South Texas and Mexico. Consider planting the seeds a little later — perhaps late ...

If you live in a cold climate, many fruit trees may seem out of reach, but this charming fig variety can survive brutal ...

Of all the Figs, Chicago Hardy is seen to be most winter hardy. These fig trees can be planted in the ground in as low as zone 5. In this video I show my two fig trees that I'm growing in my zone 6b ...

Figs are a delightful option for home gardeners, combining sweet, rich flavor and ease of care. Once established, fig trees require minimal maintenance, are drought-tolerant, and can adapt to various ...

After a long summer of tending to your landscaping, you may be ready to harvest your bounty and hang up the gardening gloves until the warmer months return. However, you would be missing out on an ...

Sylvia Plath's fig tree metaphor from The Bell Jar represents the paralysis of choice and fear of making wrong decisions. Each fig symbolizes a different life path, while the protagonist's inability ...

* What it is: Fignomenal is a recently introduced dwarf fig tree that’s geared to growing in pots. It’s capable of delivering fresh figs for weeks to northern gardeners. Discovered by Lloyd Traven at ...

Elisha Wise will receive funding from the White Rose College of Arts and Humanities (ARCH) from October 2025. In chapter seven of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar (1963), protagonist Esther Greenwood ...