Celeste Fig

Ficus carica 'Celeste'

Celeste Fig is a long-lived deciduous fruiting  tree that produces two crops a year and has an interesting winter silhouette.  The large lobed palmate leaves are mid-green with soother light undersides.  The sweet-smelling fruits are produced in spring and summer and ripen to a brown purple with pink flesh.  Highly adaptable, but provides the best fruit in  full sun and well-drained soils.  Excellent disease, drought, and heat resistance.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Medium Maintenance.  Water regularly-weekly or more in extreme heat.  Watch for mites, aphids, mealybugs, nematodes, and scale.  Fruit can become messy if not promptly harvested.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings,  Borders,  Woodland Garden,  Wildlife Gardens,  Shade Tree, Edible Landscapes, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS:  Rosemary, Raspberry, Grape

IMAGES: 512bits, Ficus carica 'Celeste' +7days, CC BY-SA 3.0, (2) Kolforn (Wikimedia),  2017-08-03 Fruit on a Fig-tree, Pinhal, Albufeira (1),  CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Taken by  Fanghong,  FicusCarica,  CC BY-SA 3.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.