Fig Tree cuttings from ten different kinds of figs.
All cuttings are performed on the day I get your order
Each clipping is 6" or longer
I grow these trees at the cusp of zones 6 and 7
The end is dipped in TakeRoot and wrapped
They are very carefully packaged for optimum
results
These clippings are from 6+ year old trees.
These are hardy plant that does very well in
most zones in the USA.
My success rate for growing from a clipping is about 60%
Your success rate is proportional to your
skills.
(Depending upon the size of your order I sometimes give
more than ordered.)
Save me as a seller as I add more clippings during the season
I also start clippings and offer them during the summer on EBay,
Hardy fig trees include the Common Fig, Chicago Hardy, Osborne
prolific, Sicilian, Genovese Nero, and Desert King.
Did you know: The fruit of the Fig tree
is truly unique?
Unlike most fruit in which the edible
structure is matured ovary tissue, a Fig's edible structure is actually the
stem tissue.
How to Start Clippings
(From the The Millennial Gardener on YouTube)
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Label cuttings,
remove any leaves or buds
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In clear cups
drill ¼” holes on the bottom of the cups for drainage
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Label each cup
with the date and kind of fig
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In a pot bake
potting soil and mulch 1 hour @ 300 F to kill parasites
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Clean cuttings
with 2 part water/ 1 part Hydrogen peroxide
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Mix around in the
solution and let soak for 5 to 10 minutes
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Remove and allow
to completely dry
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Trim at an angle
about ¾” from under the node
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Lightly wrap the
cutting with paraffin 1”- 2” covering the top
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Cut slits around
the rooting end, just to show green, not too deep a cut
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Dip the end you
just cut slits into rooting hormone, cover all nodes under medium
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Fill the cup ¼
full with medium
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Place cutting in
the cup
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Add more medium
to fill the cup ¾ full and pack down to eliminate any air pockets
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Water till the
water drains from the holes in the bottom of the cup…moist not sopping!
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In a big
container add 3” Mulch to make sure drainage hole are not exposed to air
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Water mulch till
evenly moist
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Put in the cups about
1” apart
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Cover them all
with mulch
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Lightly water in
the mulch
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Partially cover
to regulate humidity to around 50%
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No need to water
for weeks, but check sides for moisture and lightly water if drying out.
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Works best in
temperatures between 70 – 80 degrees F
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Do not disturb
for 30 days
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Keep this out of
direct sunlight
About the kinds I sell, I did the research for you!
About the Osborne Prolific Fig Tree (USDA ZONES 6-9)
"Osborne Prolific Fig Tree (Ficus Carica 'Osborne
Prolific') For the grower, means not one but two bumper crops of sweet, plump
and delicious figs to look forward to each and every year! This
aptly named cold-hardy tree lives up to its 'prolific'
moniker, the first each spring is produced on old wood, and the second later on
in the fall on its new growth! Come springtime, watch in amazement as your
Fig tree begins to hang heavy with red-hued, purplish-brown-skinned fruit. The
large Figs produced by the Osborne Prolific Fig have beautiful
amber-colored, pink blushed flesh that's simply sweet and scrumptious! Spring
brings a fantastic harvest of delectable gems just in time for the start of summer’s
barbecues! Once you've had your fill of the spring crop, you'll
find yourself eagerly awaiting your fall harvest from your
Osborne Prolific Fig Tree just in time for holiday baking and jam making!
This fig tree is deciduous, which means it sheds its foliage and
goes dormant in the winter months. These trees can grow up to 30 feet tall and
wide, but you’ll typically see them stay around 20 feet.
Fig trees don’t produce flowers, so you won’t see any buds or
beautiful flowers in the spring. In fact, fig fruits are flowers. A fig is a
giant clump of seeds and flowers encased in a teardrop-shaped bulb!
This tree is very hardy. It can survive drastic temperature
changes, is disease-resistant, and can adapt to many soil types. This makes it
a low-maintenance tree most people can grow without any issues.
Osborne
Prolific fig trees typically begin growing in springtime and continue to do so
until the middle of fall. So the growing season is roughly from April to
October.
These
fig trees produce medium-sized fruits which have stunning purple-colored skin.
Inside the bulb is where you’ll find beautiful, soft, seed-filled flesh with
pink and amber tones.
This
type of fig usually weighs just over half a pound and is about three inches
long. However, they can be much larger. They can sometimes be as big as the
palm of your hand and weigh just under a pound!
This fig tree grows well in zones 6-9.
About
Genovese Nero (USDA zone 4-10)
Fig leaves
are very large and contain a pleasant fragrance, but the beauty of having
one of these in your landscape is what will truly grip you. They'll even
conform well to container culture and make an exquisite living ornament on your
patio. Figs are very long lived, and the cuttings are easy to take root. They
can be grafted or air layered, and the leaves also make an excellent crushed
mulch for other plants. You'll have more fruit than you can harvest year after
year. No orchard is complete without the fig growing within and it is an
absolute must have. This fig reportedly has been grown in zone 4.
This fig tree
grows well in zones 4-10.
About The
Van Zyverden Desert King Fig Tree (USDA zone 7-13)
The Van
Zyverden Desert King Fig Tree is very productive, reliable, and easy to grow. The
fruit can be eaten fresh or used for cooking and baking. Figs are low
maintenance and drought tolerant once established. Fig trees are adapted to a
wide range of climates and soil types and are great in containers. They can be
kept to any size with regular pruning. Desert King Figs are a good choice for
cooler climates. It produces a large fig, deep green in color with reddish
flesh, sweet in taste and of high quality. Set more than 1 crop in good
conditions. This Perennial fig tree likes full to partial sun.
Mostly
found in gardens around KS, CA, and parts of WA, the Desert King Fig also
produces fruits twice a year. It’s important to note that the Desert King is
one of the most productive fig trees on the market. Each branch bears anywhere
between six and eight fruits, so you can expect five to seven kilograms of figs
per tree.
The
White King thrives in full sun (at least eight hours during the growing season)
and prefers well-draining loam soil. However, the tree is highly adaptable and
can tolerate all soil types.
Native
to CA, the Desert King grows fast but will produce fruit two years after
planting, so it’s essential to exercise patience and continue to care for and
maintain the tree while it gears up for production.
Somewhere
during the summer, you’ll find clusters of yellowish-green fruits dangling from
the branches of the King, waiting to be harvested. The fruit’s blazing red
sugary interiors make for excellent snacks, desserts, and jams and can be utilized
in various other recipes and smoothies.
In
addition, the White King can withstand extremely low temperatures and has some
resistance against strong winds.
The
tree is self-fertile and doesn’t need a pollinating partner to bear fruits;
however, adding another tree will significantly increase your harvest. Also,
since the tree can grow tall, you’ll need at least 15-20 feet of available
space to grow it in your garden.
As for
pruning, if your tree is becoming too large too fast, trim it down in spring,
but don’t trim back all the terminal branches, as that would affect your fruit
production. Ideally, trim one out of three branches and prune lightly in winter
when the tree is dormant.
Other
Common Names: Desert King, White King, King
Growing
Zones: 5-10
Average
Size at Maturity: 15-20 ft tall, 10-15 ft wide
Fruiting/Flowering
Season: The fruit displays in early fall, late spring, and summer.
Grows
well in zones 7- 13.
About the Sicilian fig tree (USDA
zones 6-10)
A very rare
sugary sweet yellow fig that is great for the South. It handles humidity and
wet weather much better than most. It makes delicious yellow figs. This variety
is a compact vigorous tree that produces 2 crops in the South, the first being
larger than the 2nd crop. The fruit turns from green to a bright lemon yellow a
couple of weeks before completely ripe. It’s a round fig with a tight eye &
ribs on the exterior. This fig is the size & shape of a golf ball. The
flesh is amber, honey colored. The flavor is mild but very sweet like rock
sugar candy. Sicilian Hardy is possibly comparable in cold hardiness to Chicago
Hardy. Our mother tree came from the Gulf area of Mississippi, where it
thrives.
Grows well in
zones 6-10.
About the
Chicago Hardy fig tree (USDA zone 5-10)
The common fig,
Ficus carica, is a temperate tree native to Southwest Asia and the
Mediterranean. Generally, this would mean that folks living in cooler climes
couldn’t grow figs, right? Wrong. Meet the Chicago Hardy fig. What’s a hardy
Chicago fig? Only a cold tolerant fig tree that can be grown in USDA zones
5-10. These are figs for cold weather regions. Keep reading to find out about
growing hardy Chicago fig. What is a Hardy Chicago Fig? Native to Sicily, hardy
Chicago figs, as the name suggests, are the coldest tolerant fig trees
available. This beautiful fig tree bears luscious medium sized figs which are
produced on older wood in the early summer and fruit on new growth in the early
fall. Ripe fruit is a dark mahogany contrasting with the characteristic three
lobed, green fig leaves.
Certainly one of the best hardy fig trees for colder regions,
the Chicago hardy is a must-have for fig lovers in zone 5. Not only does it
bear tasty small to medium-sized figs, but it will also look quite appealing in
your landscape due to its bright, glossy leaves and silver-grey bark. It can
also be planted in small gardens and in containers, which is helpful if you
choose to move it indoors in the winter months.
This fig tree can withstand temperatures as low as -10 degrees
F, which is higher than the minimum average temperatures in zone 5. Its roots
will survive -20 degrees, but this still means that you’ll need extra winter
protection. You can apply a thick layer of mulch in winter and wrap waterproof,
insulating material around the trees to keep heat in.
Plant your hardy Chicago trees in rich, loamy, well-draining
soil with a slightly acidic to neutral pH, in a location that provides at least
6 to 8 hours of direct sunlight daily.
Other Common Names: Chicago
Hardy, Bensonhurst Purple
Growing Zones: 5-10
Average Size at Maturity: 9-15
feet tall, with a 5-12 foot spread
Fruiting Season: Late
Summer to Early Fall
Grows well in zones 5-10
LONGUE
D AOUT (USDA ZONE 6-7) rare fig
Longue d’Aout is one of the earliest ripening figs with green skin and
red pulp. It’s large and flavorful, dense pulp. Known in Switzerland as
Nordland, Longue d’Aout goes by Cucumber and other names.
longue d’Aout is one of the more rustic looking figs on the outside.
In that way, it’s a sizable thick fleshy fig somewhat similar to Brooklyn White
though not as readily sweet. Strawberry red on the inside. Should be a big
part of people’s core dooryard orchards in short growing seasons, assuming the
fruit is not grown for shiny appearance, which this cultivar
lacks. Longue d’Aout skin can blush dark but does not always. LDA has a
very firm pulp and strong structure.
Easily a top ten fig for short seasons, Longue d’Aout is one of
the top two or three light figs for tough conditions. Longue d’Aout is
known also as Nordland for a reason. Longue d’Aout and Brooklyn White
are both sizable figs, as light figs tend to be larger than dark figs
in general.
Family: Moraceae (mor-AY-see-ee)
Genus: Ficus (FY-kus)
Species: carica (KAIR-ih-kuh)
Cultivar: Longue d'Aout
About the Common
Fig tree (USDA zones 6-11)
The common fig tree is a deciduous, spreading, multi-trunk tree with
smooth, gray bark that grows to heights of fifteen to thirty feet and has a
wide but low, open canopy. It has large multi-lobed, showy, dark green foliage
and produces small, inconspicuous flowers. The fig tree usually sets two crops
of fruit during the warm season. The first crop appears in spring when the
leaves first emerge. The second crop produces fruit into late summer to early
fall. The edible, brownish-purple fruit is pollinated by a small wasp that
enters the flower through a small opening. The fruit has high sugar content and
can be eaten fresh, dried, or canned and is used in a number of recipes. It
does not last long on the tree after ripening. In the winter, the foliage drops
from the tree, and when bare of leaves, it creates a distinctive and
interesting silhouette in the landscape. There are many different varieties of
the fig tree. Two of the most common in the Southwest desert are ‘Black
Mission’ and ‘Brown Turkey’. It is native to Southeast Asia and the Eastern
Mediterranean areas from Greece to Turkey where it is found growing in rocks or
in shrubby areas. The fig is grown commercially in Texas, California, Oregon,
and Washington.
This fig tree grows well in zones 6-11
the common fig is drought-resistant once established, but likes regular, deep
irrigations for the first few years after planting. It prefers well-draining
soil high in organic matter, and tolerates full sun or filtered shade. If
planting more than one tree, space each one about twenty to thirty feet apart
to allow a natural sprawl. Apply ammonium phosphate fertilizer in spring and
early fall during the growing season. This tree is hardy to fifteen to twenty
degrees Fahrenheit.
Black Mission Fig Tree (USDA zones 7-9)
This fig tree can grow 25’ tall, and 20’
wide. It likes full sun to partial shade. It loves Well-drained,
rich in organic matter. Watering = Regular, especially in dry periods. In about
2-3 years you should get Medium (2-3 inches) fruit. The fruit has a sweet with
a rich, complex flavor.
The
Black Mission fig tree, known for its prolific fruit production and robust
growth, is a delight to have in any garden.
Its
large, deeply lobed leaves create a beautiful canopy, and its fruits, with
their deep purple skin and sweet, rich flesh, are a treat to the senses.
The
Black Mission fig tree is a deciduous tree with a spreading habit. Its large,
deeply lobed leaves are a vibrant green, providing a striking contrast to the
dark-purple fruits.The tree’s bark is smooth and gray, which adds to its visual
appeal. The fruits themselves are a deep purple, almost black when fully ripe,
and their interior is a beautiful rosy pink.
Black
Mission fig trees have a medium growth rate and can reach a mature height of
20-30 feet with a spread of 15-25 feet. However, with regular pruning, they can
be kept at a smaller size, making them suitable for smaller gardens or
for growing
in containers.
The
fruits of the Black Mission fig tree are a delight to behold. They are medium
in size, typically 2-3 inches in length, with a teardrop shape. The skin is a
deep purple, almost black when fully ripe, and the interior is a beautiful rosy
pink. The fruits begin to appear in late spring and continue to ripen
throughout the summer and into the fall. The exact timing of fruit ripening can
vary depending on the local climate and growing conditions.
The
fruit is sweet with a rich, complex flavor that is often described as a mix of
honey, jam, and berries. The texture is smooth and creamy with a slight crunch
from the tiny, edible seeds. Whether eaten fresh, dried, or used in cooking,
Black Mission figs are a gourmet treat.
CELESTE
FIG TREE (USDA ZONES 6-11)
“Not only is the Celeste one of the most popular cold hardy fig
trees, but it is one of the most popular fig varieties in general. Growing more
as a multi-branched shrub than a tree, this fig variety bears enormous lobed
leaves that can grow to 1 foot across.
In summer they produce light brown to purple fruits that are
known for their sweetness – so much so that the tree is also known as the
‘sugar fig’. This is also part of why the Celeste is so popular, as it is
excellent both eaten fresh and in preserves.
Celeste figs are convenient trees to grow for a number of
reasons – they are self-pollinating, so only one is needed, and are naturally
pest and disease resistant. While the Celeste can be grown in USDA
zone 5, the NC
State University Garden Extension stresses the importance for
gardeners in cooler regions to provide plenty of winter protection to avoid
cold injury.”
Other
Common Names: Celeste Fig, Sugar Fig
Growing Zones: 5-10
Average Size at Maturity: 10-15
feet tall, with a similar spread
Fruiting Season: Summer
CROATION
(DALMATIE) FIG TREE (USDA ZONES 6)
This fig tree is
supposed to originate from the island of Lesina (Hvar), in the Dalmatian coast
(Croatia).
Dalmatie
is a small-sized fig tree, with weak growth and little vigor that has a “bare”
appearance, as the branches have little or no ramification and few deeply cut
leaves.
The
resistance to cold is very high and is probably also increased by the lack of
vigor of the new growth in Spring and the fast hardening of its wood in Summer.
The
tree bears many breba fruits in Spring, but they really can’t stand
temperatures variations which make them massively fall. Besides the excellent taste and large fruit-size, this fig tree should not be grown for brebas
production as the rare fruits that ripen delay the subsequent heavy main crop
significantly.
The
main crop fruits are very big and look enormous when compared to the small size
of the tree. The fruit is very dense, sugared and surprisingly, if it rains a
little before harvesting, then it becomes juicier without losing its qualities.
When perfectly ripe, a drop of sugary honey flows from the eye.
The
main crop of this variety is late and may not ripen; therefore suppressing all
the breba crop, while at the size of peas may reduce the ripening time of the
main crop by one to three weeks. In addition, the number of new sprouts that
the plant produces must be controlled, because they also slow down the fruit
maturity. The ideal case is to let these sprouts grow only those years when the
warm season starts earlier than usual, to add or renew some branches that will
eventually bear new fruits.
To conclude, this amazing, small-sized fig tree, highly resistant to cold, deserves a little space in the garden for the production of huge and excellent main crop fruits.
Final advice; if you live in any zone lower than zone 7, then you
should cover the tree in the winter. I have had fig trees that got too
cold in the winter and it looked like they died. The good news is even though
the tree foliage did not survive, usually the roots do survive, so be patient
and it will recover. Then your tree re-grows like a bush!
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