Ficus Polita - Indigenous South African Fig Tree - 10 Seeds Lettuce followed by fruit from September

followed by fruit from September to December

Growing to 2m with a simple-stemmed rosette and tall showy racemes of grey-red flowers in Winter

Tuft forming with many 3cm long narrow grass green wedge-shaped leaves and large bright pink flowers on short stems

The wood is the second best source of firewood (after Acacia erioloba) in the region where fuel wood is scarce

Alfalfa is packed with nutrition

Ficus Polita - Indigenous South African Fig Tree - 10 Seeds Lettuce followed by fruit from SeptemberFicus is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs and vines. Collectively known as fig trees or figs, they are native throughout the tropics with a few species extending into the semi warm temperate zone. Growing to 30m this fig has strangler buttressed roots in large trees. Smooth light grey bark with heart shaped leaves and large purple green fruits. Makes a fantastic potted plant. USDA Zone 10 Season to Sow Spring