Los Angeles Times

How the weeping fig became the ‘It’ plant of the gardening world (again)

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 ...
AG Week

Fielding Questions: Consoling a weeping fig, thinning apples, wrapping trees

Q: This is the saddest Ficus I’ve ever seen. I bought it in August and thought I followed instructions but now most of the leaves have fallen off. What should I do now? The bare branches seem kind of ...
The Clarion-Ledger

Nellie Neal: Help for a weeping fig tree

Q: My 10-year-old weeping fig tree isn’t doing well indoors this year. Leaves are falling, and the tips of the stems look almost wilted. Is it dying? A: Your weeping fig (Ficus benjamina) is certainly ...
The Cairns Post

Weeping fig tree the icon of a Top End suburb

Don't miss out on the headlines from Northern Territory. Followed categories will be added to My News. The ‘spectacular’ tree freely grows its branches and spreads its roots across the sky, giving ...
VietNamNet

Thousand-year-old weeping fig becomes Vietnam’s heritage tree

VietNamNet Bridge – An ancient weeping fig tree of 27 meters tall in the central province of Nghe An has been recognized as the heritage tree of Vietnam by the Vietnam Association for Conservation of ...
The Courier-Mail

Fig trees nominated for listing

WHEN Graham Appleton moved to Bundaberg 53 years ago, among the first things he noticed were the magnificent weeping figs in Woongarra Street near the CBD. Somebody else likes the trees too, because ...