Description
Yellow Long Neck fig trees carry one of the most striking fruits in the fig world: pale yellow skin drawn out into a long, graceful neck, wrapped around thin skin and honey sweet, amber flesh with a pleasant crunch of seed.
The big, show stopping fruit is the main crop, ripening on this season’s new wood, and it rewards a warm, sunny planting spot with a full summer to finish. A smaller early crop forms first, on last year’s wood, for gardeners who want fruit earlier in the season.
Overview
- Large yellow fruit that tapers into a distinctive long neck.
- Thin skin, honey sweet amber flesh with a light crunch of seed.
- Self-fertile and parthenocarpic; no pollinator or fig wasp needed.
- Best rewarded with the warmest, sunniest spot available.
- Also sets a smaller early crop on last year’s wood.
Growing Details
Latin Name: Ficus carica ‘Yellow Long Neck’
Site and Soil: Full sun; well drained soil, ideally against a south or west wall
Hardiness: Root hardy well past the point where top growth is killed by cold
Rootstock: Grown from tissue culture
Bearing Age: 1 to 2 years after planting
Size at Maturity: 10 to 15 ft if left unpruned, easily kept smaller
Ripening Time: Late season; August into September, best in a long, hot summer
Pollination: Self-fertile and parthenocarpic; no pollinator or fig wasp needed
Additional Notes
- Grower’s Insight: The showpiece jumbo fruit is the main crop, not the early one, so this fig earns your warmest, sunniest spot and a full season to finish it.
- Regional Insight: Gardeners with a long, hot growing season, from the Southeast through the interior West, are well placed to ripen its full main crop.
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