Hello! I'm glad to have stumbled upon this informative forum. Though I've been a longtime fan of Ficus carica for its beautiful leaves & form, I've only recently discovered how delectable fresh figs can be. I wish I knew sooner! This is my first year growing figs, so there is much for me to learn.  The diversity of cultivars and all of the knowledge floating around F4F is inspiring.

After realizing figs can grow well in my area [Portland metro, Zone 8b], I was determined to add them to my landscape. Earlier this year I was given a tree (Lattarula) to fill a space against a wall, After it leafed out I knew I needed more of these trees... so I added a few other varieties available at local stores. I now know the power of the fig-bug is real as I can't stop looking up new cultivars. Before getting too carried away it would be ideal to single out optimal cultivars that will thrive here & taste stellar. I will defer to honored members for ideas or recommendations on that front.

Again, lovely forum resource, Thanks for having me.

Welcome to the forum.

Welcome!  We have a few people in the PNW.  Any variety with a good breba crop will do well there.   Desert King, Grantham's (Royal Vineyard) and Fillaciano to name a few.  Hardy Chicago does well everywhere.  How much fruit you get may depend on how much sun your plants get.  Be sure they have good drainage. 

Good luck and welcome to the forum.

Welcome to the forum....

Greetings from NorCal, folium. You may want to add Olympian to your list.

Welcome, we are glad to have you! : )

From Canada welcome to F4F forum!
Z8b should be fine for many varieties. 
Good producers of fiorone (breba) such as Sicilian Black and Dauphine along with early ripening figs should work well for PNW.
If you have the room to experiment then you can ultimately determine your keepers.

Thanks for the welcome & recommendations.

I'm glad you suggested Olympian, figgary, I picked up one last week & am expecting good things after seeing examples here of more developed trees. Stella, Negronne, Panache, Atreano & mystery cuttings thought to be Desert King were the other planted varieties. They are small new plants, but some have developing figs & vigorous growth which gives me hope they will one day reach a respectable size.

I will definitely look into Chicago Hardy, Dauphine, Faliciano, Grantham's & Sicilian Black - the more variety the merrier, as I have plenty of space to trial different cultivars in an orchard setting. We've recently had several weeks with triple digit temperatures, at least the figs seem to enjoy it.

Welcome to the forum!

Welcome to the forum!  Ronde de Bordeaux and Violette de Bordeaux are fantastic figs to have in your collection and should be easy to obtain.

welcome to the forum!

Welcome to the forum, nice to see more of us from the PNW here.

I think you'll be pleased with the Olympian. I have two, and with the latest hot spell we've been having, the larger of them is putting out figlets like crazy.

welcome to the forum, thank you for sharing.

Hello and welcome to the forum,
I am a new member myself. I have been growing figs for few years but I learned a lot from this forum more than anything. I have made few good friends and I think some of them are from Zone 8B. But anyway you can easily grow dauphine, dalmatite, Bornholm , rdb, long'd'aout, Brunswick, Brogiotto Nero, green snd black ishias , brown Turkey , black Genoa (nigra), vdb, dessert king, rouge de Boudreaux , noir de caromb, white marsialles, these varities grow well in the UK so must do well in ur zone. I'm testing on Fig Jordan will let you know. All the best.
Cheers
Vinny