Once a landscaping staple in suburbs and planned communities, the lush and leafy ficus has become a civic nuisance--its thick roots buckling sidewalks and streets, breaching sewer lines and cracking ...

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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 ...

There’s no denying Ficus is having a moment. Home gardeners, designers, and growers alike have all found the Ficus to be worthy of a crowning moment in 2026, with the National Garden Bureau even ...

Beverly Hills has just cut down many ficus macrocarpa, also known as Indian laurel fig, trees, and a total of 87 more there are scheduled for destruction. Our own city of Whittier has cut down healthy ...

ANAHEIM – A neighborhood spat is sprouting over whether to remove 11 towering ficus trees that have been around for 60 years. Some residents of Pine Way, Wilhelmina Street and Janss Street want to ...

Q. We purchased a ficus that outgrew our interior. We planted it outside 6-8 feet from our property line. I am told it can cause foundation damage and should be removed. Is that true? — Warner ...

Answer: This is a rather typical situation I hear about quite frequently. I suggest keeping the trees for the shade they provide. You can trim the roots near the ...

In some parts of Santa Monica, the preferred obscenity is "Oh, fig!" We are cursed with aging ficus trees that City Hall refuses to remove. Note that a ficus is basically a fig tree. Each tree ...