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There are many ficus species that are worth trying out. They’re often very easy to manage, especially if you follow the tips in these pages.

Brown scale insects clustered along a weeping fig stem and leaf vein with sticky residue

Ficus benjamina pests: scale, spider mite and mealybug told apart

Indoor plants
Tabby cat sitting on a wooden floor looking up at a large potted weeping fig

Ficus benjamina and pets: what the sap does, and what it does not

Indoor plants
Secateurs cutting a weeping fig stem with a drop of white sap, prepared cuttings and a glass of water on a bench

Ficus benjamina propagation: cuttings, water or compost, and air layering

Indoor plants
Weeping fig in a terracotta pot by a window with fallen leaves scattered on the wooden floor

Ficus benjamina leaf drop: the seven causes and how to tell them apart

Treating diseases and pests
easy houseplants

Easy and beautiful houseplants

Indoor plants
Graft on ficus bonsai

Grafted ficus bonsai – grafting, rootstock, care

Indoor plants
ficus bonsai

Ficus bonsai – the beginner’s bonsai, care and best species

Indoor plants
Air root on a ficus ginseng

Air roots forming on Ficus Ginseng

Indoor plants
Dracaena and ficus are two air-purifying plants, here filtering both light and air

Which air-purifying plant to get first?

Indoor plants
Ficus lyrata

Ficus lyrata, how to care for fiddle-leaf fig

Indoor plants
Unlike flower plants, leaf plants need more light and don't like going dormant

Leaf plants in winter

Indoor plants

Ficus tree repotting, 2-minute walk-through

N&G TV
Ficus tree

Ficus Tree: How to Grow and Care for Ficus Indoors

Indoor plants
create bonsai guide

How to grow a Bonsai tree for beginners

Trees and shrubs
Rubber Tree - Ficus Elastica

Rubber tree, ficus elastica

Indoor plants
Ficus trees

Ficus trees for all, the best species for the home

Indoor plants
ficus retusa

Ficus retusa, proper care for this ideal bonsai

Indoor plants
Ficus microcarpa

Ficus microcarpa, an easy-care bonsai for starters

Indoor plants
Growing fig tree north south

Fig tree, generous from North to South

The fruit Orchard
ficus carica

Ficus carica, the common fig tree

The fruit Orchard
Fig health benefits

Figs: traditional uses, poultices and how to enjoy them

Health
Ficus forever leaves

Ficus forever, a series of beautiful weeping figs

Indoor plants
Ripe maroon fig on fig tree.

Fig tree, a summer-loving fruit tree

The fruit Orchard
ficus ginseng

Ficus ginseng, caring for this beginner’s bonsai

Indoor plants