Landscaping with Figs

[Kompakfigs]

Tagging along with the wife on a work trip and saw the trees in front of a restaurant.

 

[superdave336]

Very cool!

 

[Kompakfigs]

All trees are loaded with figs. The most impressive is the rosemary hedge. There is a persimmon and pineapple guava tree as well.

 

[GoodFriendMike]

And the food???

 

[Figgin' A]

Tagging along with the wife on a work trip and saw the trees in front of a restaurant.

Where is it?

 

[Rojo]

I've done that here. I have 300ft of wood privacy fence and planted a whole bunch of fig trees along the bare areas. Our winters are so crazy they have frozen to the ground the last 2 years. I'm only 14 miles from the Gulf.

 

[paupau]

Ocracoke is like this, fig trees everywhere

 

[ktrain]

Looks like some Celeste possibly, very cool.
Some varieties with huge leaves would make killer landscaping.
Kudos to them

 

[Kompakfigs]

Looks like some Celeste possibly, very cool.
Some varieties with huge leaves would make killer landscaping.
Kudos to them

It has to be Celeste.

 

[Kompakfigs]

Ocracoke is like this, fig trees everywhere

I’ve been on the island but this seemed more intentional. The name of the place is called Persimmons Waterfront Restaurant.

 

[Kompakfigs]

I've done that here. I have 300ft of wood privacy fence and planted a whole bunch of fig trees along the bare areas. Our winters are so crazy they have frozen to the ground the last 2 years. I'm only 14 miles from the Gulf.

That is amazing. My wife’s uncle lives in Mobile and his trees died to the ground as well.

 

[FL_figmam]

That is amazing. My wife’s uncle lives in Mobile and his trees died to the ground as well.

That's surprising for sure! Died from cold? I know this past winter here in St Augustine, we got an overnight low of 23 degrees which is as cold as I remember it getting in the 21 years of living here. But it was just a brief 23 degree overnight low. No figs were damaged at all. The side of my house has space about the size of a normal house lot. I have 12 figs in-ground in my backyard, and 4 in big planters. Side yard has 48 trees in-ground and 4 in big planters. Talk about fig scaping lol. I think it's beautiful. But I'm officially out of space for more (depression kicks in).

 

[cdh]

All trees are loaded with figs. The most impressive is the rosemary hedge. There is a persimmon and pineapple guava tree as well.

Pineapple guava is often suggested as a fruit tree that HOA residents can put in their front yard and pass off as an ornamental shrub.....

 

[FL_figmam]

Pineapple guava is often suggested as a fruit tree that HOA residents can put in their front yard and pass off as an ornamental shrub.....

Very true! I have 5 varieties of pineapple Guava and 4 of them are in the front part of my yard, but on the side of my house. Your right, HOA would not like it, but in this case, they won't even notice; they look like evergreen shrubs

 

[cdh]

Very true! I have 5 varieties of pineapple Guava and 4 of them are in the front part of my yard, but on the side of my house. Your right, HOA would not like it, but in this case, they won't even notice; they look like evergreen shrubs

Pretty flowers, too! ..... I just got my first feijoa today, as fate would have it.

 

[FL_figmam]

That's awesome! The flowers are beautiful and the flower petals are delicious! They're not paper thin like a lot of other flower petals. They're thick and full of juice and the taste is amazing.

What variety did you get? I have a unnamed seedling variety that is a 7.5 foot tall topiary tree. I also have Mammoth, Kaiteri, Kakariki, and Takaka.

 

[cdh]

That's awesome! The flowers are beautiful and the flower petals are delicious! They're not paper thin like a lot of other flower petals. They're thick and full of juice and the taste is amazing.

What variety did you get? I have a unnamed seedling variety that is a 7.5 foot tall topiary tree. I also have Mammoth, Kaiteri, Kakariki, and Takaka.

I got a Takaka. I have no concept of the flowering-fruiting cycle of these things yet, but it looks like I've got flower buds....

 

[FL_figmam]

I got a Takaka. I have no concept of the flowering-fruiting cycle of these things yet, but it looks like I've got flower buds....

Nice!

 

[cdh]

Nice!

By the looks of the names, I'd guess that a lot of the breeding of feijoas is done in New Zealand....

 

[FL_figmam]

By the looks of the names, I'd guess that a lot of the breeding of feijoas is done in New Zealand....

True! They've become more popular than kiwi in New Zealand. Those names from from their native people called Māori.