There was time when one of the hallmarks of Palm Beach was thick hedges of ficus benjamina towering above the sidewalks to provide privacy for the homes beyond them. But times are changing. This past ...

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LOS ANGELES – The homes of Hollywood’s rich and famous have long been enclosed by walls of sky-high ficus, designed to shield their wealthy occupants from paparazzi and peeping Toms. Robert Frost may ...

I live in a neighborhood whose original houses were built 75 years ago. Those homes are modest single-story bungalows on 6,500-square-foot lots. However, as is the case in many Los Angeles ...

RPV – Where there once stood a wall of 8- to 10-foot-tall ficus trees on the Trump National Golf Club driving range, there is now merely grass. Rancho Palos Verdes residents are relieved to clearly ...

When Martha Stewart was asked to define happiness at a recent Palm Beach luncheon, she didn’t hesitate with her answer. If you want to be happy for a year, she said, get a husband (It was a mostly ...

Good fences make good neighbors, and so indeed do good hedges. But what makes a good hedge? While no plant is perfect, many types of plants can be grown and shaped into a properly dense and attractive ...

The town’s long war against the spiraling white fly infestation has taken an unexpected twist. Some property owners have replaced their ficus benjamina hedges with lonicera nitida, only to discover ...

Voracious invaders are sweeping across South Florida, pushing their way northward and devouring the landscape. It might sound like the script for a summer thriller. But the villains actually are tiny ...

The mention of ‘Ficus' will bring to everybody's mind, the Banyan Tree in all its magnificence displayed through its spread, crown, foliage and ever burgeoning prop roots. Also many more know the ...

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 ...