Ginseng Ficus bonsai tree, also known as Ficus microcarpa, is a popular bonsai variety loved for its unique, gnarled roots and lush foliage. Growing a Ginseng Ficus bonsai can be a rewarding ...

To me, this sounds like a lot of work, so I choose to grow my fig in a container and overwinter it in the garage. Figs are delicious fresh off the tree.

3. Ficus benjamina, aka weeping fig “ Ficus benjamina is really cool if you want something that looks more like a Bonsai tree,” says Hurst. “They’re really great to have for oxygen.

Fig tree: originating in Asia Minor, the culinary fig (Ficus carica) is one of the earliest species of fruit cultivated by humankind. Photograph: BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images ...

Other Ficus species include several popular tropical houseplants that do not produce edible fruit, like the ficus tree (F. benjamina), fiddleleaf fig (F. lyrata), and rubber plant (F. elastica).

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But the Ficus benjamina beckoned. “I didn’t know a ton about it when I bought it,” said Roth of the plant, also known as the weeping fig, that she brought home that day.