Little Ruby Fig Bonsai

A dwarf and hardy fig that is an excellent choice for patio culture as far north as zone 6.

Little ruby fig bonsai.

Kimmen tiger fig. Little ruby is a slower growing fig with dark green narrow leaves. The little ruby fig is actually a sport of the port jackson fig which is a native fig to nsw australia. This video discusses the little ruby fig and how it can be styled to create a unique bonsai.

Little ruby produces a breba crop of medium sized sweet red figs with strawberry colored flesh. Fig little ruby ficus carica suitable for containers or even bonsai fig little ruby has a natural dwarf habit with small tasty bite sized maroon colored fruit. A cultivar of ficus rubiginosa port jackson fig was discovered in a batch of ficus rubiginosa seedlings. Ficus rubiginosa port jackson fig and variation little ruby ficus microcarpa hillii fig.

The fruit of the fig tree is a great source of fiber and manganese. This new fig is cold hardy to zone 6 and great for patio plantings. In this particular video we explore a design which can be seen in some indonesian bonsai. Ficus virens deciduous white fig.

It is a dwarf fig tree that abundantly produces sweet strawberry colored medium sized fruit. Ficus benjamina weeping figs. Crassifolia green island fig. The video also discusses some unique attributes about little ruby figs that must be known to interested bonsai artists if they are to succeed with this species as a bonsai.

Little ruby can only be cultivated from cuttings and strikes quite easily. Little ruby fig is a self pollinating variant. Little ruby is a gorgeous fruiting and ornamental tree that also makes an excellent specimen for bonsai or container gardening. Developed by the same retired biologist who gave us the hardy and huge olympian fig denny mcgaughy he chose this seedling for its.

Most successful figs good for bonsai.