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Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Espalier
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Toxicity: Other: A lactifer, the milky sap (latex) can be a skin irritant. Also present in some unripened fruit.
Pollinators: Wasps
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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  • Fig
  • Edible Fig

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Location: Emerson, AR
Date: 12/2/2021
Received today from Hirt's
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Kathy547 On December 2, 2021 Obtained plant
Just received 2 plants from Hirt's. I wanted something we could put in pots, close to the house. Hoping for figs in a couple years!
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