I like maximising growing space for food crops, so in this example, I have a fig tree growing in a container with an ...

Many of the most highly popular fruit trees can successfully be grown in containers thanks to dwarf modern cultivars ...

The advantages to growing a fig in a pot go beyond keeping the tree’s size in check. In containers, figs provide a variety of landscaping opportunities.

To plant the fig tree, dig a hole as deep and twice as wide as its rootball. Remove the tree from the container and set it in the hole.

My friend has a great fig tree, and I would like to grow one like it in my yard. What is the best way to root a piece of his tree? — Larry Haley Figs are easy to propagate from dormant, hardwood ...

And finally, hard winters can kill all or most of a planted fig's branches, which the tree must replace before it has the resources to bear another crop. "Pots are the way to go," Lerner says.

Your fig tree: How to get it ready for a brutal winter Published: Oct. 01, 2016, 1:00 a.m.

Fig trees grow well in the Bay Area climate and are adaptable for in-ground planting or growing in pots. (Getty Images) Ripe figs on a tree ...

There's another fig tree down at Spectacle Garden which was leaning over badly as a result of the storm, so I have propped it using a steel girdle and I've camouflaged the girdle by installing ...

My friend has a great fig tree, and I would like to grow one like it in my yard. What is the best way to root a piece of his tree? — Larry Haley Figs are easy to propagate from dormant, hardwood ...