Little Ruby Fig Bonsai

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Little ruby fig bonsai.

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

The fruit of the fig tree is a great source of fiber and manganese. Ficus rubiginosa port jackson fig and variation little ruby ficus microcarpa hillii fig. This new fig is cold hardy to zone 6 and great for patio plantings. Ficus virens deciduous white fig.

Ficus benjamina weeping figs. Little ruby produces a breba crop of medium sized sweet red figs with strawberry colored flesh. Little ruby is a gorgeous fruiting and ornamental tree that also makes an excellent specimen for bonsai or container gardening. Crassifolia green island fig.

A dwarf and hardy fig that is an excellent choice for patio culture as far north as zone 6. Little ruby can only be cultivated from cuttings and strikes quite easily. A cultivar of ficus rubiginosa port jackson fig was discovered in a batch of ficus rubiginosa seedlings. Ficus nerifolia willow leaf fig.

Developed by the same retired biologist who gave us the hardy and huge olympian fig denny mcgaughy he chose this seedling for its. It produces an early strong breba crop on the previous year s shoot growth. A little ruby fig bonsai. Most successful figs good for bonsai.

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.