figarita
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I was visiting a park and I came across a fig tree with figs and green leaves!! I was shocked to see at this time of the year figs and very green leaves. The leaves were small, some were gently tri lobed but most of them did not have any lobs....totally different than the fig trees I have. The tree was looking like a bush.
Willofig
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Posted 1389058835
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That is a very nice looking fig!!!!
rcantor
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Posted 1389064650
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Did you get cuttings?
figarita
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Posted 1389067223
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Unfortunately I took only 2 cuttings. I did not have anything with me to cut them and it was very hard to break the branches. Beside I did not know if I am allowed to take cuttings. If my cuttings do not root I will most likely go back to get more. This time I' ll be prepared :-)
greenfig
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Posted 1389072696
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Nice!
Grasa
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Posted 1389078062
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I never leave the house without something to remove cuttings.... you just never know when you find a gem... I carry a small pruner in my car at all times. I am ready!
greenfig
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Posted 1389084972
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:)
Aaron4USA
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Posted 1389118384
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i've seen a Hybrid form UCDavis , they used Criping fig and a regular black fig to come up with this variety, I think I might have some detailed info of this beauty...give me a few
figarita
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Posted 1389128064
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Thank you Aaron for the suggestion but I do not think it is Hybrid DFIC0023. I look at the pictures of Hybrid DFIC0023 and the twigs on the fig bush I saw are not reddish and the leaves who are not lobed are much narrower than a mulberry leaf and very thick.
Aaron4USA
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Posted 1389233617
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that's an example of the hybrid, I think many are done , after all Figs belong to Mulberry family. But you are right, the leaves are not same.
GeneDaniels
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Posted 1389275454
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Seven trees in the ground : Hardy Chicago, Celeste(?), LSU gold, Italian Black, Southern Brown Turkey(?), Strawberry Verte, and Unk yellow. Trees in pots: VdB, CdD, and Sicilian?
Willofig
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Posted 1389839239
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What state and park did you find this fig in?
figarita
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Posted 1389840260
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In Northern California and actually I found it on the grounds of a villa I was visiting with my out of town relatives
hllyhll
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Posted 1389842676
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Don't know with certainty, but it looks like the Ficus Pumila-Carica cross that has been named "Ruth Bancroft" by Woodlanders (a great nursery), per below. The Ruth Bancroft Garden is in northern California. I received a nice specimen recently from Woodlanders. Leaves look identical. Will see if it fruits similarly. Woodlanders description:A curious hybrid between the climbing fig (vine) and the edible fig (shrub) which is intermediate between the very different parents. This mostly deciduous and semi-vining shrub is grown mostly as a botanical or garden curiosity. This form, which we are calling 'Ruth Bancroft' has more lobed leaves suggesting the Ficus carica parent. It was shared with us by plantsman extraordinaire Sean Hogan of Cistus Nursery in Portland, Oregon who says it is from the garden of legendary California gardener Ruth Bancroft. Having a plant traced to Ruth Bancroft's garden should be reason enough to grow it ! " http://www.woodlanders.net/index.cfm?fuseaction=plants.plantDetail&plant_id=1988
pitangadiego
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Posted 1389842904
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Not DFIC0023, IMO. Probably a old,old seedling for some sort.
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HarveyC
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Posted 1389855344
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Originally Posted by figarita
Harvey - Correia Farms
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DesertDance
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Posted 1389890260
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How this one is Evegreen is amazing. Not sure about all Mulberries, but don't most of those go dormant also? My Verte could be thought of as Evergreen with all leaves green and loaded with figs. Hardy Chicago and Ronde de Bordeaux are both dormant, as are all my other figs. Just not Verte. No signs of it.
hllyhll
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Posted 1389918917
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As I indicated, I wouldn't be surprised if I have basically a clone of that fig, evidently the Bancroft pumila-carica hybrid. And when it arrived last week from Woodlanders (Aiken, South Carolina), I was surprised to see that it had some nice leaves on it, and is still going strong, whereas the Ficus Afghanistanica that it arrived with had no leaves at all. Woodlanders photo:Photo by Carl Dawson.
greenfig
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Posted 1389919524
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My Excel and LSU Purple both are as green as in July too.
figarita
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Posted 1389927062
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HarveyC I live about 45 min south of SanFran ...yes ,we had quite a few freezing nights....all my plants are burned by the freeze but it did not affect this fig bush . Looks as green as it can be.
hllyhll
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Posted 1389930884
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The more elongated, more distinct lobes in the Woodlanders photo probably merely means that those leaves grew faster (and thus more distinct) than the ones on your cuttings, possibly due to more fortuitous growing conditions of one sort or another, very common. unusual leaf shape and unusual leaf size of ficus trees sourced to the same geographic area. It seems overwhelmingly likely that you and I, and Woodlanders and that villa, etc, have the same pumila x carica hybrid.
figarita
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Posted 1391572502
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Yesterday, I was able to go back for a second look at the fig. It is indeed evergreen and they keep it like a bush. I was surprise to see that actually they have 4 fig bushes along an iron fence. Unfortunately they were already trimmed :-( One bush had a few branches growing through the iron fence and a small branch was sticking out through the fence and i was able to cut it.
Cajun
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Posted 1391612413
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Awesome fig plant, whatever it is...
CharlesC
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Posted 1447622308
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Has anyone ever tried the figs of Ruth Bancroft the pumila x carica hybrid? Also, is the plant rust free, or have the adhering abilities of pumila?
SuperMario1
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Really awesome find!!!! So, how does it taste?
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Ichauway
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Posted 1447640220
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Nice find !
