• An excellent ancient, hardy variety, rare in production in the Uk.
• Superb, delicate pink coloured, superbly sweet .
• Will fruit twice in a year if given winter protection.
• Superb large achitectural leaves.
• Prefers moist well drained soil in a sunny location. Avoid soils.

The figs are a huge genus of with over 800 species world wide. The vast majority are not hardy in the UK. Ficus carica Madeleine des Deux Saisons is rare in production in the UK. An ancient fruiting variety from France it dates back to Versailles in the reign of Louis IV. It is particularly hardy and remains a worthy garden variety. Delicate pink coloured and an exceptionally sweet flavour, the fruits are delicious eaten freshly picked. Literally translated as Madeleine of Two Seasons, this productive variety produces two crops per season during hot UK summers and if protected over winter, the second crop will ripen early during the following summer. It is a handsome architectural with large palmate leaves. It can be grown outside in most of the UK. Best grown against a south facing wall preferably with the branches trained along the wall. If you are primarily interested in fruit, then you should in a very sunny location and try to harshly restrict the spread of the roots. In Victorian times figs were in great demand for their fruit and often the gardeners would sink an old galvanised water tank into the ground with the top just below soil level fill with soil and the Fig inside the tank. Any container will do as long as it drains easily as Figs do not like to be waterlogged! If you prefer the architectural look of the foliage then for best effect allow the roots free rein and in a shady location. Figs are suitable for a pot or other container. If you like figs it is a labour worth the effort as a well cared for of a good size will produce abundant fruit. Use a good quality John Innes compost as this will be there a long time and peaty types of compost eventually degrade become too packed and choke the roots. Ensure you prune and feed regularly as a hungry is a poor performer. We recommend Osmoscote pro 8-9 month applied in the early spring.