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| Please ID this one.... Thanks very much. |
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- Posted by rosemariero z11/24 So Calif (My Page) on Wed, Mar 6, 13 at 18:31
| Looks like a Ficus carica, Fig tree to me. |
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| Horticulturus spruikus, ... whoops, that's the one in the jacket. The leaf looks like Ficus carica, can you tell us where and when it was photographed? |
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| Yes - it's a fig. Note its position against the wall, a common place for planting figs in order to take advantage of retained heat in hopes of getting some fruit. It could be an overgrown espalier. |
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| alisonoz: I can tell you precisely, the car park in Leicester where Richard III was found, last September.... (still from C4 documentary Richard III: The King in the Car Park) It looked rather tropical for the location. I always thought Ficus wasn't particularly frost hardy but I may try it now. Thanks for the answers. |
This post was edited by mikadoo on Thu, Mar 7, 13 at 14:01
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| mikadoo - the trees survive pretty well in lots of places but getting fruit to ripen is harder, although in favoured areas you can do it. Hence the popularity of growing it as a wall fruit. I'm fairly sure the tree would grow in Belgium but maybe not fruit. |
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| well there you go! A decidedly non-tropical habitat, but thriving. Intriguing what you find planted where ... that includes poor Richard |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Fri, Mar 8, 13 at 7:54
| A decidedly non-tropical habitat, but thriving. ==>> one might argue.. that if it can NOT bring the fruit to mature seed.. it is NOT 'thriving' ... its is working on it .. putting out a lot of greenery ..... but i guess i wouldnt go as far as saying its thriving ... if you know what i mean .... ken |
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- Posted by fatamorgana 5/6 (My Page) on Fri, Mar 8, 13 at 8:12
| Mikadoo- some fig varieties, like "Brown Turkey" are not only hardy in my frosty, snowy and oh so not tropical location, they can produce fruit. There is a nursery very near to where I live that grows and sells this variety. I included their page for brown turkey figs below so you can see what they say. But with your zone of 8, you should have many other choices of varieties that would grow successfully for you. FataMorgana |
Here is a link that might be useful: Millers Brown Turkey
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Fri, Mar 8, 13 at 10:37
| F. carica is ubiquitous in this area, and is deciduous, one of the latest plants to leaf back out. They produce fruit copiously, usually ripe in June. Must be the heat, like Flora said. FataMorgana, that's awesome that you're growing figs up there! It is odd for a business to be selling edible plants by common name only, IMHO. Mikadoo, saw that on the news about King Richard. One of the most interesting news stories recently, IMO. Even if you didn't get any fruit, the leaves can be used culinarily. The wood is an awesomely flavor-imparting addition if you're grilling over a wood fire, soak first. The wood is soft, making it possible to put larger than usual sized twigs in compost, if you have a pile or bin. Loves to be pruned, but that can encourage it to produce some suckers. Makes a nice spot of heavy shade, and usually has a good form for smaller kids to climb. Easy to propagate. |
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- Posted by ike2988 London England (i.malik@dsl.pipex.com) on Sat, Mar 9, 13 at 15:10
| Our fig tree gives us fruit every year, the fruit is round and brown in colour. We planted the tree with the plastic pot it came in to restrict the roots as was recommended, maybe that is the secret to get the fruit. |
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