"I'm just having fun with something very serious," said bride who wed a tree. A 100-year-old ficus tree that stands as a focal point of a local park in Fort Myers, Florida, has a bride. Karen Cooper, ...

Whether you're a beginner indoor gardener, only just building out your houseplant collection, or you're a long-standing expert with a lush jungle to boast, the chances of you having a ficus in your ...

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 ...

Tens of thousands of mature street trees in Southern California are susceptible to a new, deadly fungal strain that kills at alarming speeds and threatens to destroy the urban forest in older cities ...

Even though it’s easier than ever to buy plants online, keeping them alive is still a challenge. So we’re digging up everything you need to care for every type of houseplant. Welcome to Plant Week.

A recent study in Ficus hispida genomics has unlocked the genetic mechanisms driving this fig tree's unique reproductive system. The fully sequenced genome, a first of its kind for Ficus, reveals ...

Visitors to Ocean Avenue in Laguna Beach will get a bit of a break from the berries that fall from the ficus trees and blanket the ground and vehicles, creating a mess. City officials recently ...

ENCINITASENCINITAS — Four massive ficus trees in downtown Encinitas will be removed within the coming weeks, despite a neighborhood push to save the towering plants. Public Works Director Glenn Pruim ...

Raphael Martinez Cohen and Ryan Bush’s basement studio in Maspeth, Queens, feels a bit like a grotto, with shimmering panels propped up against subterranean walls. A quick glance around reveals ...