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LSU purple fig

LSU purple fig
LSU purple fig tree is a heavy bearer.
LSU purple fig tree
LSU purple fig tree is has multiple drooping branches. It produces heavy crops of small-medium sized elongated purple fruits. The ripe fruits are sweet and dry on the tree in dry windy conditions.
LSU purple figs on a tree
Prolific bearer LSU purple fig is one of the most productive fig trees in our environment.
LSU purple fig tree can grow to more than 4 meters if it is not pruned or potted.
LSU purple fig tree can grow to more than 4 meters if it is not pruned or potted.
LSU purple fig tree towering over apple and citrus trees.
LSU purple fig tree towering over potted grafted apple and citrus trees.
LSU fig
LSU fig
LSU fig
Perfectly ripe and cracked LSU fig in summer
Figs
Summer LSU and VDB figs

Fig trees thrive despite the warm winter and hot summer marked by erratic and delayed rainfall. Although young trees may experience fruit drop after a prolonged drought, the older trees will preserve the exceptionally sweet fruits in dry summer. A Wide variety of frig trees are full of figs as some begin to ripen.

White Genoa fig variety

Wuhan and Magnolia fig varieties

Potted Magnolia fig tree
Potted Magnolia fig tree. The trees is laterally spreading producing large purple figs.
Magnolia fig
Magnolia figs are ripening as new fruits start to form. The fruits are some of the largest in the orchard.
Wuhan Fig tree
The Chinese purple (Wuhan) fig tree is bushy, mediums sized and very prolific. The fruits may spoil in very wet conditions. However, the tree thrives in drought conditions producing many sweet figs in small spaces.
Chinese purple (Wuhan) fig tree grows as a medium sized shrub.
Chinese purple (Wuhan) fig tree grows as a medium sized shrub.
Chinese Purple fig tree with many young fruits.
Chinese Purple (Wuhan) fig tree with many young fruits.
Chinese Purple (Wuhan) fig tree
Chinese Purple (Wuhan) fig tree
Fig trees
White Genoa and potted dessert king fig trees have straight stems with multiple branches. They have potential to be large trees but growing them in pots may restrict their size.
Fig trees
Potted desert king and White Genoa Fig trees
Fig trees
White Genoa fig branches are loosely tied to one another to keep walkways clear.
White Genoa fig tree
White Genoa fig tree with a heavy crop of fruits. The ripe fruits are large (size of a golf ball or larger). They are sweetest in the dry summers.
White Genoa fig tree
White Genoa figs are large with pale flesh. The large ostiole may cause fruits to spoil in wet weather.
Potted White Genoa fig tree is restricted to a smaller size.
Potted White Genoa fig tree is restricted to a smaller size but still productive.
White Genoa figs
Ripe White Genoa figs
White Genoa fig
Ripe White Genoa fig

Which fig variety is best?

The different fig varieties have their growth pattern, crop density, fruit size and colour. The fig varieties with an open ostiole (opening) will be less likely to let in water and spoil if the rains are erratic. The hot, dry weather also makes it easier for the figs to dry on the trees. We have created a gallery of a few fig varieties showing their growth patterns to help you decide which types may be more suitable for your garden or orchard spaces.

Beer's black fig variety

Potted Beer's fig tree with a heavy crop of fruits.
Potted Beer's fig tree with a heavy crop of fruits.
Potted Beer's Black fig tree with a heavy crop of figs.
Potted Beer's Black fig tree is a heavy bearer. The tree is medium-large but restricted in pots.
Beer's black fig tree
Beer's black fig tree
Beer's black fig tree
Beer's black fig tree
Beer's black fig tree
Beer's black fig tree
Beer's fig tree
Beer's fig tree
Beer's black fig tree
Beer's black fig tree

Tena fig variety

Ripe figs on a tree
Ripe Tena figs are a delicacy that the birds like to partake in. Pick the fruits as soon as you find them. The drooping stalk at the point the fruits attach to the trees and yellow color indicate fruit ripening.
Tena fig tree
Tena fig tree
Tena fig tree
Tena fig tree
Tena fig tree
Tena fig tree
Repotted tena fig tree
Repotted tena fig tree
Figs in a tree
Repotted tena fig tree
Potted fig trees
Repotted tena fig tree
Potted fig tree
Figs can adapt to small pots as long as they get adequate water and mulching as often as they need.

Summer figs are a memorable treat.

The best figs could make a mother pretend they haven’t seen their child longingly looking at them to share. A toddler will wail when no more ripe fruits can be plucked from the tree. Walking through the garden, seeking out the best figs and sharing them is an act of affection. If you have a fig tree and your better half willingly gives you the other half of a praiseworthy fig, they care for you in the presence of temptation ;). To enhance their flavour, remember to stop watering the fig trees two to three days before harvesting.

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Celeste Fig variety

Celeste Fig tree.
Celeste Fig tree grows as a medium sized shrub. It is a heavy bearer with small sweet purple fruits that lend it the name celestial or sugar fig. The fruits are edible before full ripening due to their sweetness. They have a longer shelf life in less wet conditions.
Potted Celeste Fig
Potted Celeste Fig
Celeste fig tree is a heavy bearer
Celeste fig tree is a heavy bearer.
Figs on a branch
Celeste Figs
Unripe Celeste figs on a branch
Celeste figs in November
Celeste fig eaten by birds
Celeste Fig
A plate of Celeste figs.
A plate of Celeste figs.
Figs in a tree
Celest figs are small but exceptionally sweet with less fruit drop during water shortages in drought years .

Nero 600m fig variety

Potted Nero 600m fig tree grows as a multi-branch medium sized straight tree. It is a heavier bearer of sweet purple figs.
Potted Nero 600m fig tree grows as a multi-branch medium sized straight tree. It is a heavier bearer of sweet purple figs.
Potted Nero 600m fig tree
Potted Nero 600m fig tree
Nero 600m fig tree
Nero 600m fig tree with heavy crop of summer figs despite drought conditions.
Nero 600m fig tree
Nero 600m fig tree
Purple Nero 600m figs on a tree
Figs can be eaten up by snails and slugs. Snail slime indicates the need to use snail traps or pallets that are placed in shady areas near the trees where snails hide during the scorching daytime heat.
Fig tree with young fruits
Nero 600m fig tree

Citric berry (green) fig variety

Citric Berry fig tree grows as multiple stems or branches
Citric Berry fig tree grows as multiple stems or branches. It is fast growing tree that needs pruning or potting to restrict the size. The heavy crop of sweet fruits are green with red flesh when ripe.
Citric Berry figs
One of the prolific fig varieties.
Citric Berry fig
Citric Berry fig. This everbearing fig variety continues to bear fruit after leaves fall off in winter.
Potted citric berry fig tree
The figs are growing and ripening faster as the temperatures increases. Higher temperatures also result in sweeter figs with a jammy texture.
Potted Citric Berry Fig variety. Its size is restricted through potting unlike the mother plant.
Potted Citric Berry Fig variety. Its size is restricted through potting unlike the mother plant.
Prolific Citric Berry fig tree
Heavy bearing Citric Berry fig tree available most of the year.
Green Figs, Oranges and oranges on a plate
A plate of sweet granadilla and green Citric Berry figs. Figs are sweeter and jammier in the warmer months of the year.
Citric Berry
Citric Berry fig air layer
Green figs
Citric Berry fig air layer
Citric Berry figs
Citric Berry figs

Black mission fig and other varieties

Potted black mission tree
Black mission grows straight with multiple branches. The size of the tree is restricted by potting. The fruits are purple, elongate and sweet. However, the yields are low in our environment.
Black mission fig tree
The black mission fig tree towering over the citrus and Chinese purple fig.
Potted black mission fig
Potted black mission fig
Potted black mission fig
Potted black mission fig
Potted Exquisito fig tree
Potted Exquisito fig tree
Potted Mavra Markopoulo fig
Potted Mavra Markopoulo fig tree originally from Greece has fruited heavily this year.
Potted Mavra Markopoulo fig tree
Potted Mavra Markopoulo fig tree may have some fruit drop in the first year after transplant. However, the yields and fruit quality improve with time.
Fig trees
Potted brown turkey fig tree has fruited heavily despite the drought.
Potted Ge Neri fig tree.
Potted Ge Neri fig tree. The tree is a slow growing shrub but the fruits are some of the largest figs available.
Potted Perretta Fig tree
Potted Perretta Fig tree produces sweet elongate brown figs. It is slow growing with medium crop yields in our environment.
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