These indoor trees can double as a statement-making interior design element. Katarzyna Bialasiewicz/Getty Images Ficus trees, also known as fig trees, are popularly grown as houseplants to add height ...

If you're a houseplant enthusiast, you'll likely be familiar with the fiddle leaf fig, but you might not know quite as much about a different type of ficus plant: the ficus audrey. While the ficus ...

Sure, the tallest trees on Earth are coastal redwoods, with one topping out at 380 feet. But the largest trees? They’re ficus trees. The champion ficus (the fig family) is thought to be a specimen ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At home, these beauts boast large, dark green leaves and can be maintained as a medium-size houseplant or grown to impressive ...

Move over fiddle leaf fig, there’s a new trendy ficus in town Reviewed by Barbara Gillette Ficus Audrey, a close relative of ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. The common fig (Ficus carica) is a small tree native to southwest Asia but ...

Looking for a new houseplant to add to your ever-growing collection? The National Garden Bureau makes it easy with this year's vibrant indoor plant pick.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. two fiddle leaf figs growing in pots - Elena Shishkina/Shutterstock If you've ever owned a fiddle leaf fig (Ficus lyrata), you ...

If naturalists can’t convince you, maybe nature can. Some types of towering trees can mean trouble in landscaping and tragedy in a hurricane. Falling trees during Hurricane Katrina’s initial blasts ...