General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Espalier
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Toxicity: Other: A lactifer, the milky sap (latex) can be a skin irritant. Also present in some unripened fruit.
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Wasps
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Common Fig
  • Edible Fig
  • Higo

Photo Gallery
Location: St. Petersburg, FL
Date: August 2015
My fig has finally ripened! :D
Location: Pot Collection
Date: 2014-09-03
Twigs with leaf buds emerging from dormancy
Location: St. Petersburg, FL
Date: August 2015
The inside of the fruit from my fig tree.  Delicious, but slightl
Location: Pot Collection
Date: 2014-09-01
Just received and Potted up from Logees

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