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Plant: Brown Turkey - Fig
Ficus carica 'Brown Turkey'
Was $44.00
Size: 3 gal
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More about this plant
A vigorous, rounded, multi-stemmed fig that is one of the more cold-tolerant types, hardy in zones 7 to 10. It carries large lobed leaves and bears two crops of medium to large brownish purple figs, a light breba crop in early summer and a heavier main crop in late summer. Plant it in full sun with moist, well-drained soil, or grow it in a large container.
- Full Sun
- Blooms in spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 7-10
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
A vigorous, rounded, multi-stemmed fig that is one of the more cold-tolerant types, hardy in zones 7 to 10. It carries large lobed leaves and bears two crops of medium to large brownish purple figs, a light breba crop in early summer and a heavier main crop in late summer. Plant it in full sun with moist, well-drained soil, or grow it in a large container.
- Flowers
- Insignificant green flowers develop hidden inside the developing fruit.
- Foliage
- Simple, alternate, deeply 3 to 5 lobed leaves 5 to 10 inches long, rough on top and paler and smooth beneath.
- Fruit
- Medium to medium-large figs with brownish purple skin and amber-pink to reddish flesh; a small breba crop in early summer and a larger main crop in late summer to fall.
- Bark & stems
- Light gray, smooth bark that becomes bumpier with age; plants produce many suckers.
- Pruning
- Light pruning each winter may be necessary to maintain an attractive shape.
- Native range
- Mediterranean to Central Asia
