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 ...

EncinitasEncinitas — It could cost $1.2 million over the next five years to prune all of downtown’s huge ficus street trees and repair root-caused cracks in the city’s sidewalks, a new report states.

I have a question I hope you can help me with. I have a ficus tree in the house we've had for about four years. Even though we have vaulted ceilings, it is getting a bit out of hand. Can I prune it?

A woman prunes a bare fruit tree with shears on a cold winter day with snow on the ground. - Irina Nazarova/Getty Images While the rest of your garden is sleeping peacefully under a blanket of snow or ...

Fig trees (Ficus carica) thrive in USDA hardiness zones 8 through 10, though they can also grow in colder areas with proper protection. In addition to providing shade and beauty to your yard—not to ...

It's difficult to tell a good ficus from a bad one. The city has determined the specimen on the right is potentially dangerous and must be removed, but the one on the left is fine. Some locals remain ...

Ficus trees outside Universal Studios were severely cut back in July, reducing shade for striking actors and writers and potentially harming the trees' long-term health. (Chris Pizzello / Invision / ...