Ficus carica 'Celeste' David Geiger and from almost everywhere: the

and from almost everywhere: the shaded rainforests and rocky riverbanks of Australia

excellent as an evergreen screen

and beloved by early bees

Diospyros virginiana

the buckeyes

Ficus carica 'Celeste' David Geiger and from almost everywhere: theFew fruits carry the weight of centuries quite like the common fig. Ficus carica, native to the sun soaked hills of the Mediterranean and the Middle East, has graced gardens and tables since biblical times, and no member of the tribe is more beloved in the American South than 'Celeste', the little fig so sweet that growers have long called the tree the Sugar Fig. This particular lineage of Ficus carica 'Celeste' comes to us through a story as rich as