Ficus carica 'Celeste' (Celeste Fig, Sugar Fig) - 3 Photos - Ficus/carica/Moraceae - Plant Profile

Attributes

Insects, wasps and birds eat the fruit.

The small to medium-sized fruit is sweet like sugar with a smooth rich flavor. The outside skin is purplish-bronze to light brown and the flesh is rose-colored. When ripens in July, it is a "closed eye" that helps resist insects entering the fruit and spoilage. It is good for eating fresh.

Life Cycle:

Woody

Recommended Propagation Strategy:

Stem Cutting

Layering

Play Value:

Edible fruit

Wildlife Food Source

Fruit

Fruit Description:

Purplish-bronze to light brown teardrop-shaped fruit with soft flesh. It is very sweet and delicious, though it has a short shelf-life. Starts to set fruit in July. Fruits develop without the need for cross-pollination.

Fruit Color:

Brown/Copper

Purple/Lavender

Cream/Tan

Fruit Value To Gardener:

Edible

Display/Harvest Time:

Summer

Fall

Fruit Length:

1-3 inches

Fruit Width:

1-3 inches

Flowers

Flower Description:

The flowers are unisexual and minute. Borne in leaf axils.

Flower Color:

Green

Flower Inflorescence:

Insignificant

Flower Bloom Time:

Spring

Flower Size:

< 1 inch

Leaves

Leaf Description:

The bright dark green leaves are large, thick and rough. The leaves are 5-10 inches long and 4-7 inches across and can be up to 1 foot in length. It is usually deeply, palmately lobed with three to five sinuses lobed. The upper surface is green and rough with hairs and the underside is paler and smooth.

Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:

Deciduous

Green

Simple

Alternate

Palmatifid