As summer approaches, now is the perfect time to plant edible plants like fruit trees. These trees not only enhance your yard ...

Bring a rubber tree into your home, and enjoy your new role as a plant caretaker. Of the trees discussed in this article, the Chicago hardy fig is the only one that's not toxic to humans or pets.

Growing your own fruits ... climates should do well with the Chicago Hardy variety. If you're short on garden space, there are other options too. “Some fig varieties work well in containers ...

like 'Chicago Hardy' and 'Celeste." But, one of the main issues to consider before planting or growing a fig tree, no matter where you live, is how and when to prune your fig tree. Although fig trees ...

A tea fundraiser for the Art of Gardening Club is set for 1 p.m. May 10 at the Freer Home,1260 Center St., at Freer Field.

Keep watering. Throughout the first two or three years of its life, the tree will need watering in addition to rainfall ...

WGN’s “Plant Daddy” Tim Joyce is back to share some weekend gardening tips, including how to transplant Hyacinths, how to eliminate plant pests and more. Got any questions for Tim? Reach ...

You’ve seen it on "The White Lotus," but did you know the toxic Pong Pong tree’s seeds are real? And Chicago's Field Museum ...

A Chicago man is thankful to be unhurt after a tree fell on his car in Bucktown while he was driving it. Miguel Ares said it was between 3 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday when he left his home.

Not only is the Pong Pong tree real but Chicago's Field Museum has samples of the poison seeds this season of the show have made infamous. The museum keeps the Cerbera odollam seeds stored in a ...

PARIS/BEIJING: Chicago wheat, corn and soybean futures rose on Tuesday as traders digested U.S. crop data that included a lower than expected projection of wheat planting while awaiting a U.S ...