The Chelsea Fig Bush

Description

Many Londoners know of a fabulous and fruitful Fig Tree, growing on the banks of the Thames where Chelsea Bridge meets The Embankment. Each Summer its huge crops are joyfully plundered – either by flocks of parakeets high up in the tree – or cheeky human scrumpers lower down where it can be reached. Either way, it produces huge crops of figs every year. So well-known is this specific tree, it even featured as the main hideout in William Boyd's novel Ordinary Thunderstorms.
Fruit grower Will Sibley knew of this tree, and had tasted its fruit. he took samples away to analyse, and concluded it was a chance seedling – a single and unique tree like no other variety grown. So good was the flavour and yield, he set about propagating and grafting trees to sell from it – and here we are now selling them.
Now called 'The Chelsea Fig', every single tree is identical the one by the river. Get yourself a piece of London history and folklore, and grow them in your garden.
Supplied as an established plant in a 4.5L pot, ready for immediate planting.