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Black Genoa Fig

Ficus carica 'Black Genoa' · Moraceae

A popular fig with large purple-black fruit and sweet, deep-red, juicy flesh, often giving two crops a year. Self-fertile, drought-hardy once established and easy in warm-temperate and Mediterranean gardens.

At a glance

  • Habit
    Fruit Tree
  • Light
    Full Sun
  • Water
    Low Water
  • Soil
    Well-Drained
  • Climate
    Warm Temperate, Mediterranean, Subtropical
  • Frost
    Frost-Hardy
  • Mature size
    5 m H × 5 m W
  • Foliage
    Deciduous
  • Flowering
    Spring Flowering
  • Growth rate
    Fast-Growing
  • Maintenance
    Low Maintenance

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