Fig Variety Selector

Answer a few questions and get personalised variety recommendations for your garden.

All 101 Fig Varieties in the Selector

The interactive tool above filters and scores these varieties for your specific zone, growing method, and flavour preferences. Varieties are grouped below by flavour profile for reference.

Honey & Caramel (27 varieties)

  • Brown Turkey Zone 6–10 · Mild honey, nutty, sweet · Taste ★★★☆☆ · Beginner
  • Celeste Zone 6–9 · Intensely sweet, pure honey sugar · Taste ★★★★★ · Beginner
  • White Marseilles Zone 6–10 · Delicate honey, exceptional sweet · Taste ★★★★★ · Intermediate
  • Celestial Zone 6–9 · Honey sweet, excellent quality · Taste ★★★★☆ · Beginner
  • Desert King Zone 7–10 · Sweet honey, strawberry · Taste ★★★★☆ · Intermediate
  • Alma Zone 7–10 · Caramel, butter, vanilla, brown sugar · Taste ★★★★★ · Beginner
  • LSU Improved Celeste Zone 7–10 · Honey sweet, very early · Taste ★★★★☆ · Beginner
  • Dalmatie Zone 7–10 · Honey-berry, syrup sweet · Taste ★★★★☆ · Intermediate
  • Yellow Long Neck Zone 7–10 · Honey sweet, golden fruit · Taste ★★★★☆ · Intermediate
  • Sbayi Zone 7–10 · Clean honey, elegant sweetness · Taste ★★★★★ · Intermediate
  • Raasti — Iranian Candy Zone 7–10 · Candy-sweet, intense honey · Taste ★★★★★ · Intermediate
  • Constantine de Algiers Zone 7–10 · Honey, exotic depth · Taste ★★★★☆ · Intermediate
  • Excel Zone 8–10 · Honey sweet, juicy · Taste ★★★★☆ · Intermediate
  • Kadota Zone 8–11 · Honey sweet, mild, creamy · Taste ★★★★☆ · Beginner
  • Sucrette Zone 7–8 · Impressive honey sweetness · Taste ★★★★★ · Intermediate
  • Brooklyn White Zone 6–9 · Honey sweet, mild, golden · Taste ★★★★☆ · Beginner
  • Black Celeste Zone 6–9 · Honey-berry, richer than standard Celeste · Taste ★★★★☆ · Beginner
  • LSU Hollier Zone 7–10 · Honey sweet, light amber · Taste ★★★★☆ · Beginner
  • LSU Champagne Zone 7–10 · Mild honey, light and sweet · Taste ★★★☆☆ · Beginner
  • Coll de Dama Negra Zone 7–10 · Honey-berry, prestigious quality · Taste ★★★★★ · Intermediate
  • Pied de Boeuf Zone 7–10 · Mild honey, very large fruit · Taste ★★★☆☆ · Intermediate
  • Calderona Zone 6–10 · Caramel, balanced sweetness · Taste ★★★★☆ · Intermediate
  • Bakor Zone 7–10 · Complex honey, rich developing flavor · Taste ★★★★☆ · Intermediate
  • Atreano Zone 7–10 · Light honey-strawberry, large juicy green fig · Taste ★★★★☆ · Beginner
  • Beall Zone 7–10 · Honey with distinctive peach undertones · Taste ★★★★☆ · Beginner
  • Brunswick Zone 6–10 · Mild honey with melon notes, almost no seed crunch · Taste ★★★☆☆ · Beginner
  • Green Italian Zone 7–10 · Sweet mellow honey with floral undertones · Taste ★★★★☆ · Beginner

Berry & Jammy (42 varieties)

  • Chicago Hardy Zone 2–10 · Rich berry, strawberry jam · Taste ★★★★☆ · Beginner
  • Florea Zone 5–10 · Berry, decent when sun-dried · Taste ★★★☆☆ · Intermediate
  • Ronde de Bordeaux Zone 6–9 · Intense berry, jammy strawberry · Taste ★★★★★ · Intermediate
  • Violette de Bordeaux Zone 6–9 · Complex berry, raspberry, rich · Taste ★★★★★ · Intermediate
  • Negronne Zone 6–9 · Rich berry, raspberry, acidic · Taste ★★★★☆ · Intermediate
  • Petite N\xE9gra Zone 6–9 · Sweet berry, rich · Taste ★★★★☆ · Beginner
  • Mt. Etna / Malta Black Zone 6–9 · Strawberry-berry punch · Taste ★★★★☆ · Intermediate
  • I258 Zone 6–9 · Superb berry, complex depth · Taste ★★★★★ · Intermediate
  • Violette Sepor Zone 7–10 · Complex punch-berry, distinctive · Taste ★★★★☆ · Intermediate
  • LSU Purple Zone 7–10 · Sweet caramel-berry, honey notes · Taste ★★★★☆ · Intermediate
  • Strawberry Verte Zone 7–10 · Strawberry jam, raspberry, lemon · Taste ★★★★★ · Intermediate
  • Green Ischia Zone 7–9 · Strawberry centre, quality flesh · Taste ★★★★☆ · Intermediate
  • Panache Tiger Fig Zone 7–10 · Strawberry-berry, balanced sweet · Taste ★★★★☆ · Intermediate
  • Palestinian Dark Zone 7–10 · Dark berry, rich sweet flesh · Taste ★★★★★ · Intermediate
  • CDD Grise Zone 7–10 · Berry, rich French terroir · Taste ★★★★☆ · Intermediate
  • Black Mission Zone 8–10 · Rich berry, strawberry jam, dark · Taste ★★★★☆ · Beginner
  • Smith Zone 8–10 · Berry, well-balanced, strong · Taste ★★★★☆ · Intermediate
  • Conadria Zone 9–11 · Rich strawberry, excellent quality · Taste ★★★★★ · Intermediate
  • Green Michurinska Zone 5–9 · Mild berry, green skin with red interior · Taste ★★★☆☆ · Beginner
  • Hivernenca Zone 6–9 · Berry, balanced sweet-tart · Taste ★★★★☆ · Intermediate
  • Ischia Black (USDA) Zone 6–9 · Berry, strawberry pulp, quality · Taste ★★★★☆ · Intermediate
  • Fignomenal Zone 6–9 · Sweet berry, rich for its size · Taste ★★★★☆ · Beginner
  • Emerald Strawberry Zone 7–10 · Intense strawberry, green skin · Taste ★★★★★ · Intermediate
  • Noire de Barbentane Zone 7–10 · Berry, sweet, deep purple · Taste ★★★★☆ · Intermediate
  • Pernette Noire Zone 7–9 · Sweet berry, dark rich flesh · Taste ★★★★☆ · Intermediate
  • Texas BA-1 Zone 8–10 · Berry, rich, well-balanced · Taste ★★★★☆ · Intermediate
  • Angelito Zone 6–10 · Intense sweet berry, collector Top Tier · Taste ★★★★★ · Beginner
  • Amarcord Zone 6–10 · Raspberry, berry, honey — complex · Taste ★★★★★ · Intermediate
  • Sicilian 33 Zone 7–10 · Jammy strawberry-blackberry, exceptional sweetness · Taste ★★★★★ · Intermediate
  • San Danielle Zone 6–10 · Berry with subtle spice on finish · Taste ★★★★☆ · Intermediate
  • Col de Dame Blanc Zone 7–10 · Sweet jammy berry with pleasant acidity · Taste ★★★★☆ · Intermediate
  • Col de Dame Noir Zone 7–10 · Jammy, complex dark berry, collector-grade · Taste ★★★★★ · Intermediate
  • Takoma Violet Zone 5–9 · Dark berry, rich small purple fruit · Taste ★★★★☆ · Intermediate
  • Azores Dark Zone 7–10 · Intense dark berry, thick jammy pulp · Taste ★★★★★ · Intermediate
  • Bari Zone 5–9 · Sugar sweetness with rich berry notes · Taste ★★★★☆ · Intermediate
  • Battaglia Green Zone 6–9 · Strawberry-jam interior in a green-skinned fig · Taste ★★★★☆ · Intermediate
  • Black Jack Zone 6–9 · Sweet, very fleshy, among the largest in Pacific NW · Taste ★★★★☆ · Beginner
  • Bordissot Negra Rimada Zone 7–10 · Sweet berry-forward with mild acidity · Taste ★★★★☆ · Intermediate
  • Col de Dame Rimada Zone 7–10 · Berry and cherry with citrus undertones, jammy · Taste ★★★★★ · Intermediate
  • Madeleine de deux Saisons Zone 6–9 · Sweet sticky red flesh, two crops per season · Taste ★★★★☆ · Intermediate
  • Petit Negri Zone 6–9 · Mildly sweet, earlier-ripening dwarf VDB strain · Taste ★★★★☆ · Beginner
  • Prosciutto Zone 6–9 · Deepest strawberry-raspberry, chewy fruit roll-up texture · Taste ★★★★★ · Intermediate

Rich & Dark Berry (13 varieties)

  • Osborne Prolific Zone 7–9 · Rich, sweet, brown-sugar · Taste ★★★★☆ · Beginner
  • Black Madeira Zone 9–10 · Honey-rich, intense, legendary · Taste ★★★★★ · Advanced
  • Godfather Zone 7–10 · Rich, dark berry, deep sweet · Taste ★★★★☆ · Intermediate
  • Sultane Zone 7–10 · Rich, honey-dark, complex · Taste ★★★★☆ · Intermediate
  • Bourjassotte Grise Zone 7–10 · Rich, complex, deep berry-honey · Taste ★★★★★ · Intermediate
  • Figo Roxo Zone 9–10 · Intense rich berry, Portuguese depth · Taste ★★★★★ · Advanced
  • Moscatel Preto Zone 9–10 · Intense dark berry, complex rich · Taste ★★★★★ · Advanced
  • Spadafora Dark Zone 7–10 · Rich complex sweetness, wine-red flesh · Taste ★★★★☆ · Intermediate
  • Dark Portuguese Zone 7–10 · Rich, dark, wine-red, earthy depth · Taste ★★★★★ · Intermediate
  • Figo Preto Zone 9–10 · Syrupy sweet, dark berry, honey at eye · Taste ★★★★★ · Advanced
  • Black Tuscan Zone 7–10 · Intense dark berry, Black Madeira family · Taste ★★★★★ · Intermediate
  • Brogiotto Nero Zone 8–10 · Reddish-amber rich sweet flesh, beautiful very dark skin · Taste ★★★★★ · Intermediate
  • Ponte Tresa Zone 6–9 · Described by experts as one of the best-tasting figs ever · Taste ★★★★★ · Intermediate

Mild & Classic (5 varieties)

  • Olympian Zone 5–9 · Sweet, mild, classic fig · Taste ★★★☆☆ · Intermediate
  • Texas Everbearing Zone 8–10 · Classic sweet fig, jam-like · Taste ★★★☆☆ · Beginner
  • Owensboro Zone 6–9 · Classic sweet fig, clean · Taste ★★★☆☆ · Beginner
  • Verdino del Nord Zone 6–9 · Mild, clean, subtle sweetness · Taste ★★★☆☆ · Intermediate
  • Sefrawi Zone 8–10 · Clean sweet, mild honey · Taste ★★★★☆ · Beginner

Exotic & Complex (4 varieties)

  • Col de Dame Roja Zone 7–10 · Unique spicy apricot-berry, very few seeds · Taste ★★★★★ · Intermediate
  • LSU Red Zone 7–10 · Rich sugary caramel at maturity, good rot resistance · Taste ★★★★☆ · Beginner
  • LSU Tiger Zone 7–10 · Wonderfully fruity tang, very prolific, elegant long neck · Taste ★★★★☆ · Beginner
  • Zaffiro Zone 6–10 · Complex honey-citrus-coconut-cinnamon-caramel custard · Taste ★★★★★ · Intermediate