Fig and almond trees thriving in UK thanks to fewer frosts, RHS says

Fig leaf gourd (cucurbita ficifolia) growing in vegetable garden at RHS Harlow Carr, Harrogate. Photograph: Antonio Siwiak/Alamy

Fig and almond trees are thriving in Britain as a result of fewer frosts, the Royal Horticultural Society has said.

The lack of frost, one of the effects of climate breakdown, means plants used to warmer climes have been doing well in RHS gardens. Almond trees from the Mediterranean were planted at Wisley in Surrey several years ago, and without frost this year have fruited well for the first time.