Little Ruby Fig Bonsai

Little ruby is a slower growing fig with dark green narrow leaves.

Little ruby fig bonsai.

Developed by the same retired biologist who gave us the hardy and huge olympian fig denny mcgaughy he chose this seedling for its. 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. Most successful figs good for bonsai. This video discusses the little ruby fig and how it can be styled to create a unique bonsai.

Ficus nerifolia willow leaf fig. A little ruby fig bonsai. Kimmen tiger fig. The little ruby fig is actually a sport of the port jackson fig which is a native fig to nsw australia.

Ficus rubiginosa port jackson fig and variation little ruby ficus microcarpa hillii fig. A dwarf and hardy fig that is an excellent choice for patio culture as far north as zone 6. A cultivar of ficus rubiginosa port jackson fig was discovered in a batch of ficus rubiginosa seedlings. Little ruby fig is a self pollinating variant.

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. Crassifolia green island fig. It produces an early strong breba crop on the previous year s shoot growth. This new fig is cold hardy to zone 6 and great for patio plantings.

Ficus benjamina weeping figs. The fruit of the fig tree is a great source of fiber and manganese. Little ruby can only be cultivated from cuttings and strikes quite easily. Little ruby produces a breba crop of medium sized sweet red figs with strawberry colored flesh.

It is a dwarf fig tree that abundantly produces sweet strawberry colored medium sized fruit.