Fig Plants

Anjeer, a beautiful small fig plant, comes with an interesting spreading habit. Its smooth and silver-tinted bark stands as the perfect example of mother nature’s beautiful creation. Scientifically known as carica, meaning leaves looking like papayas, its fruit or anjeer, have a top-shaped, or pear-shaped body, with varied colours from yellowish-green to copper and bronze.
Fig plants are easy to plant and require a bit of patience and perseverance while handling the same.
To get the know-how in detail about the same, keep reading its importance, uses and associated care-guidelines provided below.

Fig Plant Varieties:

• Caprifigs
• Smyrna
• San Pedro
• Common figs
• Strangler figs
• Celest
• Alma figs
• Brown Turkey
• Purple Genca

Importance of Fig Plants

Fig plants have always had very high importance in human beings. This is because they are considered a symbol of fertility in the Italian and Spanish cultures. In China, the fig tree is revered as a symbol of longevity and good fortune. There is also a belief that by eating this fig plant one would be able to stay young forever!
Figs are also eaten as an energy food while some chew on its bark for an energy drink! It is also believed that the fig leaf protects against sickness and diseases.
The routine care of these well-known fig plants never comes under the ‘easy’ category. But you will definitely earn ‘plant-parent’ status with this choosy plant, by following all the care guidelines.
Feel free to check its varieties, plant specifications, care, along with its several benefits from NurseryLive’s online store and cherry-pick your choice. Elevate your home decor with this flourishing foliage, worthy of ‘extra-tending’!
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