The Creeping Fig, as the name suggests, is a self-clinging evergreen climber. Its leaves are ovate, leathery, and dark green in colour and are quite small (5cm long). The hairy, pear-shaped fruit known as ‘figs’ are green with white dots and turn purple once ripe.
- Type
- Exotic
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Water use
- Moderate
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Container
- One
- Size
- Climbers
- Root size
- 100 metres
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Zones
- Moist temperate with hot summers, Semi-arid with winter rain, Moist temperate with warm summers, Winter rains with dry summers
- Soils
- Sandy, Loam, Clay
- Regions
- Yarra Valley Water plants
- Shade levels
- Full sun, Sun/shade
- Flowering seasons
- Spring
- Colours
- Green, White, Purple