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: Green
Class: Deciduous
Type: Shrub
Bloom Time: Summer
Soil Moisture: Average, Dry
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
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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