If you aren't in the habit of pruning your rubber plant, you're only holding your plant back from becoming a full, bushy plant with multiple branches.

Severe pruning — a.k.a. “coat racking” — is never good for ficus and other evergreen trees, but pruning during high heat is even worse. Evergreen trees like the ficus that were heavily pruned outside ...

Pruning a ficus is really pretty easy. You want to prune the branches that are getting out of hand completely back to a side branch. Don't just cut the branch back any old place, leaving a stub. Cut ...

Q. We have two neighbors with ficus hedges that are now 20 feet tall. They have at least 45 trees planted 11/2 feet apart. I already had 3-inch-diameter roots cut out because they extended over my ...

The Ficus benghalensis I brought home in July.I fell in love with its plump, round leaves and its upright posture, so I ...

Ficus plants, such as fiddle-leaf figs, rubber trees, and weeping figs, are among the most popular houseplants. However, they have a bit of a reputation for being divas, dropping their leaves if you ...

We have two 15-foot tall ficus trees that were severely damaged by the freeze. Much of the plants look dead but there are some new shoots on the lower portions. How do we trim the trees and when? Let ...

Josh uses a lot of walls to create garden ‘rooms’ in his backyard. Greening up the walls softens them visually and helps keep outdoor spaces cool. One wall is covered with a creeping fig, but it does ...

Q. Is it possible to trim a ficus tree grown indoors to encourage thicker growth? Also, the leaves are turning yellow and falling, and the leaves are sticky. Are the sticky leaves caused by a ...