STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — On the “to do” list for this weekend for the Toths of Westerleigh: remove the buckets and wrapping from the fig tree in the yard to unleash a new season. The time will ...

Question for Dan Gill: My fig tree is plentiful with green figs; however, they are not ripening. By this time in previous years, figs were beginning to ripen. Others in Metairie, where we live ...

Fig trees have been around for so long that remnants ... Figs are called inverted flowers because the bloom is on the inside—that’s all the tiny internal seeds you see. A small handful of ...

Grow the young fig trees in containers in a sunny location ... PRUNE ROSES: Plan to prune your repeat-flowering roses over the next few weeks (this needs to be done by mid-February).

Q: My fig tree has gotten frostbitten badly ... I have a weed in my flowerbed that is in bloom now with really long roots that make it impossible to dig out. Weed killers haven’t worked ...

Is there a great secret in getting a fig tree to bear fruit ... There are shades of lilac, pink, white and red; single or double flowering varieties; and varying heights from 6 inches to 2 ...

The ovules are inside the flowers, as they are in other flowering plants. But on a fig tree the flowers themselves are tucked inside an unripe fruit. It’s an inside-out bouquet of up to 10,000 ...

The fruit is actually an inward-blooming flower ... where they take flight in search of another fig tree in which to lay their respective eggs. Once the females pick a plant, they crawl inside ...