Ficus carica 'Celeste' David Geiger The common name comes from

The common name comes from the fruiting stage

and pieris

where the compact two to three foot frame and bright narrow leaves can be appreciated up close

Few ferns light a shady bed like the Japanese painted fern

and beloved by early bees

Ficus carica 'Celeste' David Geiger The common name comes fromFew 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