Celeste Fig Tree Full Grown
Celeste is the most cold hardy of all texas fig varieties.
Celeste fig tree full grown. They do well in containers. This small size makes it ideal for smaller garden spaces and it makes care and harvesting easy too. Celeste figs are resistant to many pests and diseases and they are self fertile which means only a single tree is needed for fruit production. It earns its nickname each summer with scrumptiously sweet fruit that has a rich buttery smooth flavor and texture.
How to grow celeste figs. The main crop ripens in mid june before the main crop of other texas fig varieties. Celeste figs are both heat and cold tolerant. The celeste fig tree grows into a small tree between 7 and 10 feet tall with an bushy form and with multiple trunks.
They have a compact growth pattern usually reaching a mature height and spread of 7 to 10 feet 2 3 m. The large leaves are very attractive and they are deeply divided into three large lobes each with several smaller lobes. The celeste fig is small brown to purple in color and adapted to all areas of texas. This fig tree produces such sweet and delicious fruit that it often goes by its nickname the sugar fig.
Celeste fig ficus carica celestial is one of the most widely planted fig trees in the united states and with good reason.