Genoa Brown Turkey Italian Fig Plant - Ficus carica - 6" Pot
The fig is a picturesque tropical-looking tree or shrub with a dramatic spreading habit. The breadth is often wider than the height of 15'-30'. The bark is smooth and silvery gray and the deciduous leaves are 3 or 5-lobed and 4"-10" long. There are many cultivars available for the home landscape. Originally from the eastern Mediterranean region, figs have been cultivated by humans for over 5000 years. Figs adorned the garden of the lovely queen Cleopatra. Part sun to full sun.Moisture: Average, well-drained. Drought tolerant, once established.Hardiness: Hardy in USDA Zones 8-10, but with winter protection can be grown as far north as Zone 5. Enjoy it as a house plant for the winter and then add some international flair to your deck or patio in the summer. As a patio plant, set outside during the summer and move indoors in the winter. Fig trees usually begin bearing fruit within two years. When fully dormant, fig trees can tolerate temperatures as low as -15 degrees F. In colder regions, figs are grown as bushes with multiple stems and branches close to the ground that are laid down and buried before winter. Even if frozen to the ground, figs often will resprout from the roots and produce a crop the following summer. Fig trees respond well to pruning. The figfruitis actually a hollow receptacle with hundreds of small fleshy flowers facing each other on the inside. Most cultivars of fig trees produce two crops, a springbrebacrop on last season's growth, and a summer or fall,maincrop on new wood. The delicious figs will keep a yardful of children occupied for several weeks each summer. Figs must be allowed to ripen fully before they are picked, and the fresh figs won't keep long either. Dried figs will keep for months.