{"id":34067,"date":"2025-11-10T11:07:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T19:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/?post_type=product&#038;p=34067"},"modified":"2026-01-12T10:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T18:39:10","slug":"fig-little-ruby-ficus-carica","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/shop\/fig-little-ruby-ficus-carica\/","title":{"rendered":"Fig &#8216;Little Ruby&#8217; (ficus carica)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Little Ruby is a compact, self-pollinating dwarf variety that starts bearing fruit 1 to 2 years after planting. Early-maturing fruit has a reddish-brown exterior and ruby red flesh that is sugary sweet with jammy notes. Fruits are borne on Spring\u2019s new growth and ripen from late July to early October. The fruit is small but the breba crops are huge, typically 10 to 15 pounds or<br \/>\nmore per plant. Grows 4-6\u2019 tall. Requires at least 8 hours of sunlight during the growing season but grows well in a wide range of soil types. Known for its extreme cold hardiness. Zones 6-10. Image courtesy of Wayside.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Fig-Little-Ruby-FC.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Fig-Little-Ruby-FC.jpg\" alt=\"Fig Little Ruby-FC\" width=\"1575\" height=\"750\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-34964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Fig-Little-Ruby-FC.jpg 1575w, https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Fig-Little-Ruby-FC-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Fig-Little-Ruby-FC-1024x488.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Fig-Little-Ruby-FC-768x366.jpg 768w, https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Fig-Little-Ruby-FC-1536x731.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Fig-Little-Ruby-FC-700x333.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1575px) 100vw, 1575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Little Ruby is a compact, self-pollinating dwarf variety that starts bearing fruit 1 to 2 years after planting. Early-maturing fruit has a reddish-brown exterior and ruby red flesh that is sugary sweet with jammy notes. Fruits are borne on Spring\u2019s new growth and ripen from late July to early October. The fruit is small but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":34068,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[1986,796,797],"product_tag":[1999,1257,1563,1612,1637],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/34067"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34067"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=34067"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loghouseplants.com\/plants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=34067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}