Adam Fig Tree for Sale

The Adam Fig Tree is a wonderful, productive variety that is perfectly suited to South African conditions. Fig trees are one of the easiest and most rewarding fruit trees you can grow – they are drought tolerant, relatively pest and disease free, and begin producing fruit very quickly after planting.

Fresh figs from your own tree are an extraordinary treat. The difference between a freshly picked, sun-ripened fig and a shop-bought one is remarkable – home-grown figs are sweeter, juicier and far more intensely flavoured. Fresh figs are delicious eaten straight from the tree, added to salads and cheese boards, made into preserves, or baked in tarts and cakes.

The Adam Fig Tree is a vigorous, beautiful deciduous tree with large, distinctive lobed leaves that provide excellent shade in summer. In winter, the bare, sculptural branches have their own architectural beauty in the garden.

One of the great advantages of fig trees is that the common varieties – including the Adam – do not require pollination to produce fruit. This means a single tree will give you a generous harvest without needing a pollinating partner.

Fig trees are also excellent container plants and can be kept pruned to a manageable size in a large pot on a patio or balcony. They are wonderfully drought tolerant once established, making them very low-maintenance.