Pingo De Mel Fig

Pingo de Mel, which means "drop of honey" in Portuguese, is a biannual fig tree originating from the Algarve region of Portugal. This productive variety yields two crops: the breba crop in early summer and the main fig crop later in the season .

The fruits are slightly larger than a golf ball, featuring glossy yellow-green skin that resists splitting in wet weather. Inside, the flesh is rose-amber with honeyed sweetness—often noted as having a juicy, tropical flavor reminiscent of honey drops. It’s also praised for good rain resistance and consistent production.

A vigorous shrub or small tree, it can reach up to 20 ft when planted in the ground, though container-growing keeps it more manageable at around 6 ft. Despite their compact size in containers, these bushy plants are incredibly productive, yielding up to 150 figs per season.  Pingo de Mel is cold-hardy to USDA Zone 6 and fruits reliably even if winter dieback occurs, since it produces on new wood. It’s self-fertile and doesn’t require pollination to set fruit.

Key Features:

• Biannual fig production (breba and main crops)

• Yellow-green, rain-resistant skin with honeyed, rose-amber flesh

• Sweet, tropical-honey flavor
  

• Cold-hardy to Zone 6

• Self-fertile (no pollination needed)
  
  

Unlike many other figs, this variety’s skin resists cracking during rainfall, making it an excellent choice for both home gardens and commercial production.