White Fig
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White Fig
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Position: full sun
Soil: will tolerate most soils, except very badly drained
Rate of growth: average
Other features: medium-large, light-coloured fruit (August to September)
Hardiness: fully hardy (borderline)
A superb, deciduous, spreading shrub with decorative, 3- or 5- lobed, mid-green leaves. It is best grown against a south or south-west facing wall and in long hot summers masses of lighter-skinned, pear-shaped figs are produced. This fig is native to Tuscany where it's used in a variety of dishes. The fruit is rich and sweet and ready to pick from August to September.Garden care: Plant in a 40cm (15in) pot in the ground or in lined pit to restrict root growth - unrestricted root growth leads to poor fruiting. Prune in summer, trimming all shoots back to about 5 leaves from the main stem. Remove any frost damaged or weak branches in spring
Figs are capable of producing three crops of fruit every year, but in our climate it is the tiny little ones that you find tucked into the leaf axils in autumn, that if protected from frosts, will go on to ripen in their second summer. Therefore if you are growing the fig for its fruit rather than its foliage, you should remove any developing fruits that are larger than a pea in autumn, and either cover the crown of the tree with a blanket of frost fleece or try to gently pack it with straw. This will keep them snug and warm throughout winter and push the plants energy into the development of the young fruits, which should grow into fully ripened figs next year.
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