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Gardening

elleng

(136,951 posts) Mon Sep 4, 2023, 04:16 PM Sep 2023

The fig is the edible fruit of Ficus carica, [View all]

a species of small tree in the flowering plant family Moraceae, native to the Mediterranean region.

Long 'tree' between neighbor's yard and mine. Note small green ones above and below ripe maroon fruit.

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The fig is the edible fruit of Ficus carica, [View all] elleng Sep 2023 OP

One of my mee-maws had a fig tree in her back yard. Laffy Kat Sep 2023 #1

My mother loved figs. TexasTowelie Sep 2023 #2

When I was 14, back in 1965, I are way too many... 3catwoman3 Sep 2023 #3

Fresh figs are so wonderful!! Lunabell Sep 2023 #4

have had three singles in my life Kali Sep 2023 #5

I guess I was told wrong, lol. Lunabell Sep 2023 #6

maybe it's the ones mentioned above that need the wasps to polinate Kali Sep 2023 #7

I put dried figs in my smoothies. Yum! Beakybird Sep 2023 #8