Kadota Fig
Ficus carica 'Kadota'
Attractive deciduous garden tree has an interesting winter appearance. Especially sweet, greenish-yellow fruit producing a reliable harvest each fall. Needs light annual pruning.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | FYE-kus KAH-ri-ka |
| Key feature: | Edible |
| Plant type: | Tree |
| Garden style: | 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, Edible, Waterwise, Year-round Interest |
| Landscape uses: | Container, Espalier, Seacoast Exposure |
| Blooms: | Inconspicuous |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 3679 |
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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
Treat this Fig as a small shade tree or accent if you don't have it in a fruit garden. Its green fruit is not as decorative as other Fig but just as delicious. Also fits into tropical gardens as a reliable source of large exotic leaves.
Companion Plants
Plant this Fig with ornamentals such as California PepperTree (Schinus molle) with its weeping branches and feathery green leaves, and Soft Leaf Yucca (Yucca recurvifolia), an evergreen perennial with big white blooms. Also a great companion for edibles like Ruby Seedless Grape (Vitis Vinifera 'Ruby Seedless') and the very decorative Nagami Kumquat (Citrus kumquat 'Nagami').
History
The fig is believed native to western Asia, then distributed throughout the Mediterranean during ancient times. The Roman Empire boasted 29 different varieties. Figs reached North America with the Spanish via California missions in 1769. From these first plantings came the 'Mission' fig, the ancestor to most contemporary varieties. By 1946 over fifteen percent of California's figs were Kadotas.
Lore
The earliest evidence of fig fruit cultivation dates back to 5000 BC.
Attractive deciduous garden tree has an interesting winter appearance. Especially sweet, greenish-yellow fruit producing a reliable harvest each fall. Needs light annual pruning.
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
Treat this Fig as a small shade tree or accent if you don't have it in a fruit garden. Its green fruit is not as decorative as other Fig but just as delicious. Also fits into tropical gardens as a reliable source of large exotic leaves.
Companion Plants
Plant this Fig with ornamentals such as California PepperTree (Schinus molle) with its weeping branches and feathery green leaves, and Soft Leaf Yucca (Yucca recurvifolia), an evergreen perennial with big white blooms. Also a great companion for edibles like Ruby Seedless Grape (Vitis Vinifera 'Ruby Seedless') and the very decorative Nagami Kumquat (Citrus kumquat 'Nagami').
History
The fig is believed native to western Asia, then distributed throughout the Mediterranean during ancient times. The Roman Empire boasted 29 different varieties. Figs reached North America with the Spanish via California missions in 1769. From these first plantings came the 'Mission' fig, the ancestor to most contemporary varieties. By 1946 over fifteen percent of California's figs were Kadotas.
Lore
The earliest evidence of fig fruit cultivation dates back to 5000 BC.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | FYE-kus KAH-ri-ka |
| Key feature: | Edible |
| Plant type: | Tree |
| Garden style: | 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, Edible, Waterwise, Year-round Interest |
| Landscape uses: | Container, Espalier, Seacoast Exposure |
| Blooms: | Inconspicuous |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 3679 |
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