Yellow Long Neck fig
Ficus carica 'Yellow Long Neck'
USDA zones7 to 10
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size4 to 8 feet tall4 to 8 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn, winter
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, chalk
- Soil pH
- Alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Yellow Long Neck' fig (Ficus carica 'Yellow Long Neck') is a fruit for borders, containers, and food gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 7, or down to 0°F (-18°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or chalky soil. It is grown for honey-sweet yellow-green figs with long necks. It grows 6 to 8 feet tall. It may bear fruit the same year a hard winter kills the wood to the ground.
Pairs well with Pineapple guava, Berggarten sage, and Japanese banana.