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The terms "Adam" and "Genoa" refer to popular, heavy-yielding edible fig varieties (Ficus carica) frequently grown by home gardeners in Australia. While they are separate cultivars, they are often compared or grown together because they thrive in similar warm, sunny conditions. ‘Adam’ is a French variety; highly valued in local Australian heirloom collections, and 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: Light yellow-green to bronze, turning deep purple when fully ripe. Flesh is pink to rich red; very juicy.
Fruit Shape: Medium to large, oblate to slightly elongated shape
Fruit Size: The fruit generally ranges between 60g to 120g
Flavour: Honeyed and Rich.
Fruit Season: February to April
Cropping Habit: Capable of yielding impressive, substantial figs when grown in optimal conditions. 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: Moderate
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: 3-5m
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.
The terms "Adam" and "Genoa" refer to popular, heavy-yielding edible fig varieties (Ficus carica) frequently grown by home gardeners in Australia. While they are separate cultivars, they are often compared or grown together because they thrive in similar warm, sunny conditions. ‘Adam’ is a French variety; highly valued in local Australian heirloom collections, and 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: Light yellow-green to bronze, turning deep purple when fully ripe. Flesh is pink to rich red; very juicy.
Fruit Shape: Medium to large, oblate to slightly elongated shape
Fruit Size: The fruit generally ranges between 60g to 120g
Flavour: Honeyed and Rich.
Fruit Season: February to April
Cropping Habit: Capable of yielding impressive, substantial figs when grown in optimal conditions. 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: Moderate
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: 3-5m
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.