Every year the National Garden Bureau selects one perennial, one annual, one bulb, one houseplant, one shrub, and one edible, ...

There was time when one of the hallmarks of Palm Beach was thick hedges of ficus benjamina towering above the sidewalks to provide privacy for the homes beyond them. But times are changing. This past ...

One of the best indoor-outdoor container trees for Central Florida is, without a doubt, the ficus. The plant is quite forgiving. Still, two things must be kept in mind when growing a ficus: It is not ...

When the going gets tough, the tough get going indoors, especially during heat waves. If you are like me, the heat is really taking a toll on your gardening activities this summer. I garden because I ...