Fig Tree – Nursery Selected Variety

Fig Tree – Nursery Selected Variety

Bring the pleasure of homegrown figs to your garden with a Fig Tree from The Island Gardeners. There is something special about picking ripe fruit from your own tree and enjoying it fresh, serving it alongside your favorite meals, or turning your harvest into homemade preserves.

This listing is for one fig plant in a variety selected by our nursery from available stock. A specific variety is not guaranteed. Fruit color, flavor, size, mature plant size and harvest season will depend on the variety you receive.

A Fig Tree for Your Edible Garden

Add a fig tree to your backyard orchard, edible landscape or food forest. Depending on the variety, ripe figs may have green, yellow, bronze or purple skin, with different flesh colors and sweetness.

Some figs are naturally compact, while others develop into larger shrubs or trees. Container suitability also varies.

General Fig Tree Care

Sunlight: Choose a location with full sun, ideally six to eight hours or more of direct sunlight daily.

Soil: Provide well-drained soil. Avoid locations where water regularly stands around the roots.

Watering: Water consistently while your plant becomes established, adjusting to rainfall and soil moisture.

Mulching: Apply organic mulch around the root zone, keeping it away from the trunk.

Fertilizing: Follow fertilizer label directions and adjust feeding to the plant’s growth and soil conditions.

Pruning: Remove damaged or crossing branches. Further pruning should reflect the variety’s growth habit and fruiting pattern.

Container Growing: Suitable varieties can grow in large containers with drainage holes. Container plants need regular watering, feeding and attention to root space.

Harvesting Your Figs

Allow figs to ripen fully on the plant. Ripe fruit generally softens and may droop at the stem. Color alone is not a reliable ripeness guide because it varies by variety.

Figs do not continue ripening after picking. Handle ripe fruit gently and enjoy it promptly.

Plan Your Harvest Before You Plant.™

Harvest timing depends on the variety supplied and your growing conditions. If you need a particular harvest season, fruit characteristic or mature size, choose one of our named-variety fig listings.

Grow what you eat. Eat what you grow.™

FAQ:

Can I choose the fig variety?
This listing offers a variety selected by our nursery from available stock. To purchase a specific variety, please order from its named product listing.