If you love figs, you may have heard some unsettling lore about them: that every fig hides a wasp, because these insects need ...

Why buy fruit trees and shrubs from a nursery when you can propagate them yourself easily and for free? Learn which fruiting ...

One of the most popular houseplants today is the fiddle leaf fig (Ficus lyrata). Yet this arboreal gem is also a candidate ...

Many believe figs contain wasps, but most supermarket varieties are actually bug-free. While fig wasps are vital for ...

Ficus carica, commonly known as the fig, has long been appreciated both for its culinary appeal and its therapeutic potential. Recent advances in agronomy and biotechnology have fostered improved ...

Growing fruit from cuttings is efficient, inexpensive, and fairly easy to do. Consider cultivating some of these trees and ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. The common fig (Ficus carica) is a small tree native to southwest Asia but ...

For years now, these trees have been "popular ornamental additions" to gardens across the UK and around the world.

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Rubber biosynthesis takes place on the surface of rubber particles. These particles are surrounded by a monolayer membrane in which the rubber ...