Lsu Purple Fig
Excellent for containers producing early figs as soon as growth starts.
Lsu purple fig. Though unlike violette and brooklyn white lsu purple produces no breba crop six weeks prior it remains a beautiful flavorful fig that can produce in short seasons. Lsu purple a medium size long turbinate glossy reddish to dark purple fig that has light amber to light strawberry colored pulp and a closed eye. When the weather warms in spring new shoots will spring from the ground to rejuvenate your tree. You can enjoy figs from april through december indoors or out.
One of the best figs to come along for some time. A heavy main crop is produced in july followed by a later crop that often lasts into december. Each lsu fig variety is self pollinating and will set fruit without cross pollinating with another variety. Lsu purple is a mid season fig beginning to ripen a few weeks after improved celeste with violette de bordeaux and brooklyn white.
The lsu purple fig ficus carica is a variety of fig that was developed by researchers at louisiana state university to be able to withstand hot humid temperatures in southern states and are more disease resistant. The lsu purple fig tree is a perennial across usda plant hardiness zones 7 through 10. Lsu purple is a medium size fig with purple to burgundy skin and light red flesh. Most fig trees take four to five years to reach full maturity and set fruit but the lsu purple fig is capable of setting small crops of figs in its second or third year.
Introduced in 1991 by the louisiana agricultural experiment station lsu purple is ideal for usda zones 9 and warmer and is particularly suited to hot humid areas. Even if they cross pollinate your lsu purple tree will still have purple figs and your lsu gold tree will still have yellow figs. A particularly cold winter or late spring freeze may kill the top growth of your tree but typically the roots are still alive. This one we have bto label as bullet proof.
Lsu purple fig is a very reliable prolific producer of early to late delicious figs. Very acclimated to the fluctuating weather of the south does great in virginia beach. The mild flavor is good and the fruit has high sugar content. Plus with our bigger sizes you could get fruit as soon as the very first growing season.