Fig - Ficus carica 'Black Genoa' 200mm

The Black Genoa fig (Ficus carica 'Black Genoa') is one of the most popular, high-yielding edible fig varieties in Australia. It is highly favored by home gardeners for its exceptional sweetness, hardiness, and reliable fruit production. Italian origin .This variety is self-fertile, meaning you only need to plant one tree to get an abundance of fruit. Be mindful and do not plant an in-ground fig tree within 5m of home foundations, concrete paths, retaining walls, ceramic pipes, or septic lines. Their powerful roots can lift concrete and compromise underground plumbing.

Fruit Colour: Skin, dark greenish-purple to deep midnight purple. Flesh, dark red, rich.
Fruit Shape: Large and conical
Fruit Size:
Flavour: It has a very sweet, intensely rich, and jammy taste. The dark red flesh provides a bold, traditional "dark fig" profile with subtle berry elements, making it an absolute favourite for eating fresh straight off the tree.
Fruit Season: Early crop in December and again in Feb-April.
Cropping Habit: 'Black Genoa' produces the largest overall fruit among these varieties and produce a highly reliable, continuous flush of fruit over 3 full months. Because of their high sugar content, the challenge will be protecting the ripening crop from birds using netting.
Best Uses: Fresh eating

Light requirement:‍ Require a full sun position to sweeten and ripen the fruit properly.
Water requirement: Moderate

Watering frequency: While mature fig trees are famous for being incredibly drought-tolerant, they require a steady supply of moisture to produce large, juicy fruit rather than letting it shrivel and drop early.
Soil: Plant in well-draining, highly fertile soil with a preferred pH between 6.0 and 6.5.
Growth rate: Fast, vigorous, habit that naturally forms a broad, rounded, dome-shaped canopy.
Suitable for container gardens: Yes but require maintenance as potted figs have a restricted root zone and dry out very rapidly under the Australian summer sun.

Mature Height: 3-5m
Mature Width: 3-4m

Seasonality: Deciduous

Drought Tolerant: Highly tolerant of drought once established,
Frost Tolerant: Highly tolerant frost once established, but they perform poorly against strong, sustained winds.
Wind Tolerant: Moderate, perform poorly against strong, sustained winds.

Leaf colour:‍ Spring (Bright Lime Green), Summer (Deep Forest Green) and Autumn (Vibrant Golden Yellow).
Leaf Variegation pattern: No

Size of leaf:‍ Exceptionally large, broad, and prominent; 15-30cm from the base of the stem to the tip, and 12-25cm across the widest point of the lobes.