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.
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Type:
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Tree
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Height:
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7' - 10'
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Spread:
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7' - 10’
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Spacing:
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8’
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USDA Hardiness Zone:
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7 - 10
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Culture:
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Full Sun, Part Sun
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Bloom Color:
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N/A
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Season of Interest:
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Spring, Summer
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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.
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