Peter's Honey Fig
Ficus carica 'Peter's Honey'
Attractive deciduous garden tree has an interesting winter appearance. Especially sweet, greenish-yellow fruit produced each summer. Needs hot exposure to ripen fruit in cooler areas.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | FYE-kus KAH-ri-ka |
| Key feature: | Edible |
| Plant type: | Tree |
| Garden styles: | Contemporary, Mediterranean, Tropical |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Deciduous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 7 - 9 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Sunset climate zones: | 4 - 9, 12 - 24 |
| Water Needs: | Once established, needs only occasional watering. |
| Average landscape size: | Moderate grower to 15 to 25 ft. tall and wide. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Growth habit: | Spreading |
| Special features: | Attracts Birds, Deer Resistant, Easy Care, Edible, Waterwise, Year-round Interest |
| Landscape uses: | Container, Seacoast Exposure |
| Blooms: | Inconspicuous |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 3674 |
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Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Watering can be reduced after establishment. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. Pruning time: winter.
Design Ideas
This Fig can serve as both an ornamental and a fruit tree. Plant away from hardscapes where fallen fruit can stain. Use as a single specimen or as a cloak for fence lines or to screen out undesirable views.
Companion Plants
Mix with plants that are equally desert hardy, particularly the attractive Majestic BeautyTM Fruitless Olive (Olea europaea 'Monher') and Nochi Shibari Pomegranate (Punica granatum 'Nochi Shibari') with its arching branches and showy coral-red flowers. Blends with heat-loving shrubs such as Purple Rock Rose (Cistus x purpureus) and Brilliant Tropical Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis 'Brilliant').
History
The edible fig, F. carica is believed native to western Asia but widely distributed throughout the Mediterranean in ancient times. Figs reached America with the Spanish in 1769 and were widely cultivated throughout the California mission chain by the Franciscans. These trees would become the 'Mission' fig which gave birth to this crop in modern American agriculture.
Lore
The earliest evidence of fig cultivation dates to 5000 BC. By the time of the Roman Empire, 29 varieties were known to be in cultivation.
Attractive deciduous garden tree has an interesting winter appearance. Especially sweet, greenish-yellow fruit produced each summer. Needs hot exposure to ripen fruit in cooler areas.
Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Watering can be reduced after establishment. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. Pruning time: winter.
Design Ideas
This Fig can serve as both an ornamental and a fruit tree. Plant away from hardscapes where fallen fruit can stain. Use as a single specimen or as a cloak for fence lines or to screen out undesirable views.
Companion Plants
Mix with plants that are equally desert hardy, particularly the attractive Majestic BeautyTM Fruitless Olive (Olea europaea 'Monher') and Nochi Shibari Pomegranate (Punica granatum 'Nochi Shibari') with its arching branches and showy coral-red flowers. Blends with heat-loving shrubs such as Purple Rock Rose (Cistus x purpureus) and Brilliant Tropical Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis 'Brilliant').
History
The edible fig, F. carica is believed native to western Asia but widely distributed throughout the Mediterranean in ancient times. Figs reached America with the Spanish in 1769 and were widely cultivated throughout the California mission chain by the Franciscans. These trees would become the 'Mission' fig which gave birth to this crop in modern American agriculture.
Lore
The earliest evidence of fig cultivation dates to 5000 BC. By the time of the Roman Empire, 29 varieties were known to be in cultivation.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | FYE-kus KAH-ri-ka |
| Key feature: | Edible |
| Plant type: | Tree |
| Garden styles: | Contemporary, Mediterranean, Tropical |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Deciduous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 7 - 9 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Sunset climate zones: | 4 - 9, 12 - 24 |
| Water Needs: | Once established, needs only occasional watering. |
| Average landscape size: | Moderate grower to 15 to 25 ft. tall and wide. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Growth habit: | Spreading |
| Special features: | Attracts Birds, Deer Resistant, Easy Care, Edible, Waterwise, Year-round Interest |
| Landscape uses: | Container, Seacoast Exposure |
| Blooms: | Inconspicuous |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 3674 |
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