Dinner Plate Fig vases A spot sheltered from the

A spot sheltered from the wind is best to keep the broad lush foliage looking at its best as the leaves tend to tear in the strong wind

large almond shaped leaves grow on long vines which will eventually put out heavily scented clusters of pale pink/creamy star shaped flowers

slightly recurving pinnate leaves with stiff narrow leaflets

use it as the perfect house or conservatory plant

Palms are 800-1m tall

Dinner Plate Fig vases A spot sheltered from theFicus dammaropsis, or Dinner Plate Fig, is a tropical fig tree with huge pleated leaves 60cm across and up to 90cm in length on petioles as much as 35cm long and 2. 5cm thick. These emerge from a stipular sheath up to 35cm long, one of the largest of any dicotyledon. The fruit, is the world's largest fig (syconia), up to 15 cm across, and are edible but rarely eaten except as famine food. They are pollinated by the tiny fig wasp Ceratosolon abnormis