I am looking to buy a lsu purple and Violette de Bordeaux fig tree. I do not want to propagate a cutting this time around so I would like to pay for someone else that has already done that for me. I live near Orlando FL if there are local options but if shipping is safe and reliable o would be willing to do that also. Who has the best reputation? I don't want to say price isn't an issue because it always is to some degree but a quality tree and someone that can ship safely would be more important. Also I have heard that cloned trees take a longer time to fruit than trees from cuttings. If this is true I would probably prefer a tree from a cutting but I am open to suggestions. Thanks everyone for your help!

Wellspring Gardens sells those both.

Checkout Wills. He is over at the Ourfigs forum - main coordinator.
I think he lives in your area and he would be the best person to advise
on how these 2 variants does. Wills did sell a bunch of cuttings recently
and I believe he has a fig nursery.

If I am not wrong, Wellspring sells sells cloned trees.

Petals From The Past for LSU Purple. Sent them a VDB tree few years ago, don't know if they are selling VDB now or not. Call and ask them.

Navid.

ChrisW, Just Fruits and Exotics out of the Tallahassee area carries those two in their catalogue.  Whether they have them in stock this late in their shipping season would be a big question.  But they are great and always sell great products.  God bless.

Marcus

Great info and a lot to look into! Thanks everyone!!!

Gary,
I'm in Columbia, and have an extra Negronne that I recently planted that I'll trade for your
Zingarella. If interested email me rgabdalla@netzero.net.

Ive bought 4 plants from Almost Eden in LA:

https://almostedenplants.com/

Price is reasonable and they arrived here in CT in excellent condition.  They were small, but rooted and leafy.  I think you want to buy before it gets too hot as that can cause issues with shipping.

Here is a link to several links that should help you out.

http://www.ourfigs.com/forum/figs-home/18616-online-fig-distributors

I bought a beautiful VdB from Edible Landscaping (VA?) last fall. No sign of virus, and really rocking now. Reasonable price, too