Panachée Tiger Fig — Live Plant

🌿 Panachée Tiger Fig (Ficus carica ‘Panachée’) — Live Plant

Striped outside. Strawberry-red inside. Sweet, fruity and unforgettable.

Botanical Name: Ficus carica
Variety: Panachée / Panache
Common Names: Panachée Fig, Tiger Fig, Striped Tiger Fig

Please note: Panachée Tiger is NOT the same fig as LSU Tiger.

🌎 USDA GROWING ZONES

Approximately Zones 7–10, with protection recommended in colder portions of its range.

• Zones 8–10: Generally the easiest areas for in-ground production and reliable fruit ripening.
• Zone 7: Can be grown, but use a warm, protected location and consider winter protection.
• Zone 6 and colder: Container growing with appropriate winter protection is generally the safer option, particularly where the growing season is short.

Panachée Tiger prefers a warm growing season and can ripen relatively late, so both winter temperatures AND the length of your growing season should be considered. In cooler climates, maximize heat and sunlight. A warm south-facing location can be beneficial.

🍈 About This Fig

Panachée Tiger is one of the most visually striking figs. The fruit develops beautiful yellow to yellow-green skin marked with distinctive green stripes.

Cut the fruit open and the appearance becomes even more dramatic, revealing brilliant red to strawberry-red flesh.

😋 Flavor

The fruit is sweet, fruity and berry-like with a noticeable strawberry character when allowed to ripen completely on the tree.

Its striped exterior combined with its bright red interior makes this an outstanding fresh-eating fig and an extremely unusual fruit to grow at home.

🌞 Growing Season

Panachée can be a later-ripening fig and performs particularly well where it receives a long, warm growing season.

🌱 Growing Requirements

☀ Sun: Full sun is best. Provide at least 6 hours of direct sunlight, with 8 or more hours preferred when possible.

🌱 Soil: Plant in fertile, well-drained soil. Avoid locations where water remains standing around the root system.

💧 Water: Water consistently while establishing the plant. Mature plants appreciate consistent moisture during fruit development, but the soil should not remain waterlogged.

🪴 Containers: Panachée can be grown successfully in a large container with excellent drainage. Container culture can be particularly useful in colder climates because the dormant plant can receive additional winter protection.

📦 WHEN YOUR FIG TREE ARRIVES

Your fig tree has just spent several days traveling inside a dark shipping box.

DO NOT immediately take the plant out of the shipping box and place it into full sun.

Even though established fig trees love sunlight, leaves that have spent several days inside a shipping box need time to readjust to intense outdoor sunlight. Moving a shipped plant immediately into strong direct sun can cause unnecessary stress and leaf burn.

Day 1

• Unpack your plant immediately.
• Remove the shipping materials and inspect the plant.
• Check the soil moisture. If the soil is dry, water thoroughly and allow excess water to drain.
• Place the plant OUTDOORS in a protected location with bright shade and no intense afternoon sunlight.

Days 2–3

• Keep the plant in bright shade or gentle filtered light.
• Check the soil moisture daily, but do not keep the pot constantly soaked.

After Approximately 3 Days

• Begin gradually introducing your fig to direct sunlight.
• Start with gentle morning sunlight and gradually increase the amount of direct sunlight it receives over the following several days.

DO NOT take a newly shipped fig directly from the shipping box and place it into full all-day sunlight.

🌳 HOW TO PLANT YOUR FIG

After your fig has recovered from shipping and has been gradually acclimated to outdoor sunlight, it can be planted.

• Choose a location receiving full sun with excellent drainage.
• Dig a hole wide enough to comfortably accommodate the root system.
• Plant at approximately the same soil level at which the plant was growing in its container unless there is a specific horticultural reason to plant otherwise.
• Backfill the soil and water thoroughly to settle the soil around the roots.
• Mulch around the root zone to conserve moisture and moderate soil temperatures, but DO NOT pile mulch against the trunk.
• Keep the newly planted fig consistently watered while its root system becomes established.
• Avoid excessive fertilizer, particularly excessive nitrogen, because it can encourage vigorous leafy growth instead of fruit production.

🌿 FIG TREE CARE

Sun: Once acclimated, figs perform best in full sun.

Water: Water deeply and thoroughly rather than constantly applying tiny amounts of water. Newly planted trees require additional attention until established. Do not allow the root system to remain constantly saturated.

Drainage: Excellent drainage is important. Figs should not be planted in locations that remain waterlogged.

Mulch: Organic mulch can help conserve moisture and moderate soil temperature. Keep mulch away from direct contact with the trunk.

Pruning: Figs can be maintained as either branching trees or multi-stemmed bushes. Remove dead, damaged or crossing growth and prune as needed to control the desired size and shape.

Container Growing: Figs adapt well to containers. Use a sufficiently large container with excellent drainage. Container-grown plants require closer attention to watering and winter temperatures.

Winter: Cold tolerance varies considerably among fig cultivars. In colder areas, winter protection may be necessary.

❄️ USDA ZONE & WINTER-HARDINESS NOTICE

USDA growing zones are guidelines rather than guarantees of winter survival.

Fig survival can be affected by the age and establishment of the plant, duration of cold temperatures, sudden temperature changes, wind exposure, soil moisture, microclimate and winter protection.

The roots of an established fig may survive temperatures that damage or kill some or all of its above-ground growth.

Gardeners near or beyond the colder limits of a variety can improve their chances by selecting a protected microclimate, mulching, providing winter protection, maintaining the plant as a multi-stemmed bush, or growing it in a container that can be protected during severe winter weather.

Young and newly planted figs generally require greater winter protection than mature, established plants.