species
Ficus carica
Fig · Common fig
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Ficus carica belongs to the family Moraceae, also known as Fig or Common fig, introduced to the UK. It reaches 3 m tall and 3.5 m across in about 10 years. It grows in full sun, on loam, chalk or sand soil, where the ground is neutral or alkaline and in well drained conditions, and suits sheltered positions. Its RHS hardiness rating is H4 (hardy): −10 to −5°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 3 m tall × 3.5 m across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H4 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Full sun
- Soil
- Loam, Chalk, Sand
- Acidity
- Neutral, Alkaline
- Moisture
- Well drained
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- In the UK
- Introduced
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