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These are the most common causes of brown spots on fiddle leaf fig foliage, plus simple tips for restoring your plant’s health. Crystal Bolin Photography / Getty Images Fiddle leaf figs are among the ...

A fig tree in a big pot in a private garden in the French Quarter/ (Chris Granger/Time-Picayune|NOLA.com) QUESTION: The leaves on my three-year-old fig tree have black spots, particularly the leaves ...

A mature fig tree grew in the sunny corner of the postage-stamp-sized back garden of the storefront apartment I rented for most of my twenties. More a bush, really, it had been planted by my landlord ...

In the beautiful economy of the forest -- or the urban backyard garden -- leaves are nature’s brilliant cookware. Banana leaves can be cut down to make plates or unfurled into wrappers perfect for ...