Peace Tree Farm fig named Best New Novelty at IPM Essen
Fig ‘Fignomenal’ from Peace Tree Farm was recently named Best New Novelty in the Woody Ornamentals category at IPM Essen.
A total of 42 entries from 27 exhibitors competed this year, with eight varieties recognized across six categories.
“Being selected in the woody ornamental category at IPM Essen is a tremendous honor,” said Lloyd Traven, Peace Tree Farm. “Imagine my excitement discovering a branch on a fig plant that was so markedly different in habit and fruit production. It was covered with fruit from when the leaves came out in April to bearing almost 100 fruits in July in Pennsylvania. They ripen in a northern climate.”
‘Fignomenal’ is a truly compact fig tree developed to meet the needs of modern gardens and urban areas. Suitable for small gardens, patios, balconies and even indoor planters, it maintains a neat, manageable size while delivering large yields of high-quality fruit. Its naturally dwarf, low-mounding habit makes it easy to grow, place, and maintain across a range of applications.
The plant produces medium-sized figs with deep brown skin and sweet, pink-red flesh, offering the same rich flavor associated with traditional full-size fig trees — but in compact plant ideal for container growing. Self-fertile and highly productive, ‘Fignomenal’ requires only a single plant to produce fruit, and is capable of year-round production under suitable conditions.
‘Fignomenal’ is licensed and marketed through Concept Plants in North America and worldwide through Plantipp. For TC, reach out to Microplant Nurseries. For a complete list of TC, URC, young plant and finished growers from Concept Plants in North America click here.
Photo courtesy of Peace Tree Farm.
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