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Ficus carica 'Desert King' - 1 gallon


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Ficus carica 'Desert King' is very productive in cool summer climates producing tons of green figs with sweet, flavourful, pink flesh.


Description:
Ficus carica 'Desert King' is very productive and reliable especially in cool summer climates, producing abundant, yellowish-green figs with sweet and richly flavourful, strawberry coloured flesh. In coastal BC it ripens in early to mid August with abundant crops produced over about three weeks. Get ready to eat fresh figs every day, serve them with goat cheese or mascarpone wrapped in prosciutto, and make fig jam. You'll likely have so many you'll have to give them to friends and neighbours!


Common Name: Common Fig - [Citrus Pre-Order]

Family: Moraceae (The Fig Family)

Zone Hardiness: 7-10

Light: Full Sun, Part Sun

Height: 15-25'

Width: 10' and over

Primary Bloom Colour: Green

Secondary Bloom Colour:

Class: Deciduous

Type: Shrub

Bloom Time: Summer

Soil Moisture: Average, Dry

Stem Colour:

Fragrance: No

Berries: Yes

Berries: Yellow

Benefits:

Deer Resistant: Yes

BC Native: No

Native Habitat:

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Geogrpahical Origin: Europe and Africa - Europe and Western Russia

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