Q: I was reading your Nov. 8 column about ficus trees. I never knew they had sap until I noticed recently that the wooden table near my indoor ficus now has a sticky substance all over it. Any advice ...

Scattered across our region's landscapes are innumerable Ficus plants that began life as houseplants but outgrew their niches in living rooms and kitchens. Since most Ficus cultivated as houseplants ...

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 ...