STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — If a ficus could talk, it might say, “Baby, it’s figging cold out here.” And a fig grower should take a listen. Tottenville fig grower Danny Gentile advises putting the tree to ...

Now there's certainly no prizes for guessing what these aerial roots and buttress roots belong to. This is Ficus macrophylla, the Moreton Bay fig and this particular tree is probably one of the oldest ...