Ficus, Fig Tree

Thank you for posting information about this plant. I have one 5' tall tree, and one 18" tree in my back yard. I live in Fort Worth, Texa...Read Mores, and I had a very difficult time identifying these plants, which randomly sprang up in my yard. I even walked my neighborhood to look for other specimens of the strange plant. My neighbor 4 houses away, has a large one in the front flower bed which appears to be a couple years old and is over 6' tall and wide with many branches. They weren't home for me to inquire about the plant.

Terrific tree if you're looking for a fruitless fig tree. It sets tiny
dry fruit which drop off without making much of a mess.
...Read More/> Requires a caprifig and it is barren without a pollinator wasp.
http://figs4fun.com/Links/FigLink006.pdf

This plant is hardy in USDA Zone 6a, in Ohio, with a generous layer of mulch. It does freeze to the ground, and this year I'll be protec...Read Moreting the branches with some burlap to see if I can preserve the branches and get it to fruit. This is my second year growing this plant. Very hardy and attractive little tree.

I'm growing this plant OUTSIDE (winter and summer) in Sparks, Nevada, in a 2-gallon container (one of the faux-terracotta styrofoam jobs)...Read More. The recorded low on a recording thermometer less than 5 feet from where the plant overwinters, same exposure, same protection (I don't wrap the plant or anything) is 6 degrees Fahrenheit--Zone 7a.

It is an attractive plant. Hopefully once it gets bigger I'll get figs. It's very definitely drought-tolerant, having survived two arid winters and our hot, dry summers (it does get watered with all the other containers, but...)