I grow figs in conditions where winter temperatures reach - 20 ° C degrees.This corresponds to the choice of varieties.I prefer parthenocarpic fig trees of the Adriatic Group.My collection contains about 20 species from the Mediterranean :
Brown turkey, Romano nero, Celeste, Bécané, Stanley's dalmatian and other Noname varieties from Croatia, Italy, Spain, Albania or Turkey. The best variety in my conditions is Stanley's dalmatian. Last year survived a temperature of -21 ° C

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Nice figs, Stanley! How are you protecting your trees during the Winter? Also, is that the Dalmatian pictured? Thanks!

Yes, It is a dalmatian. It is grown in a cold greenhouse, without protection. We could not ripe outside.

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Nice! When you say "cold greenhouse" do you mean it is unheated even at night?

Yes, there is no heating, even in winter.Today in the night, -11 ° C
Visit my Weather station.
http://www.fikovniky.com/stanley/

Nice greenhouse.  What do you do in the summer?  Do you remove some of the panels or does it have vents?

The greenhouse has two windows in the roof, so it can ventilate it's too hot.

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EWWWWW!! SNOW!! You have me curious again, Stanley...why is there snow inside the greenhouse?! LOL Also, looks like you need a rounded roof in your area.

This is a most interesting setup.  Thanks for sharing.

Great idea on how to regulate the inside temperature.  When do you let your fig tree wake up?  Is that a grapevine in the greenhouse too?

Nice setup Stanley. It's encouraging to see you getting ripe figs in such a cold zone.

Yes, that is a Loquat.

In the cold greenhouse, can not produce fruit. It blooms in winter and it is too cold for us. But the last frost to -10 ° C. I am still in the greenhouse a Feichoa tree ( Acca selowiana ).They are still young plants - two years old. Grapes have in the greenhouse and outdoors in the garden.
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Those grapes look amazing! I am going to show the pictures in post #7 to the plants in my greenhouse and tell them to quit complaining about being chilly at night. LOL

Wow! Those grapes look very happy in the greenhouse. They seem to be very productive. Can you tell us what variety of grape that is?

Very nice Stan. Thanks.

My Celeste fig tree after the first winter (2010/11).

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Fig tree Stanley's dalmatian in dormancy.Night frosts in February 2012 about  -20 ° C

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What a great fig tree you have, have you tried it outside with non protection in winter? 

I read on your website (great website) that you have Bornholm, I have some different varies of Bornholm. But i actually growing them in pots, i have tried planted in ground but haven't performed well at all.  It died in a mild winter but in the same location my brown turkey survived without damaged. Desert King is also a hardy fig that has survived winter low as -27c with mulch and snow but i doesn't get riped fruits. 

Hi flaxss,
I have a fig tree in the greenhouse for 6 years.Other fig trees grow in containers and in winter it is stowed in the cellar.Only Celeste in my outdoor planting, but is still young.This year's winter was the most -20.4 ° ​​C, and fig tree Stanley's dalmatian has no damage.It would be possible to obtain from you in exchange for Desert King's Stanley dalmatian?

Can you send me a PM ? and yes i can send you desert king in exchange for stanley's dalmatian.

Fig tree Stanley's dalmatian in dormancy after cutting.

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This is what I've thought about doing with my fig plants but I don't currently have a greenhouse. I might get one of those temporary plastic things for the time being.

In England there isn't much problem in leaving them out in winter or just putting them in a shed. The winters here are mild, not too different from France or Spain. It's just the cool summers which are the problem because the figs struggle to ripen and I think they only produce 1 (sometimes 2) crops over here.

Hardiness zones are really only useful for knowing whether a plant will tolerate an area's winter rather than if it'll thrive there all year.

Great plants you have there Stanley. I also have a grape vine (Muller Thurgau), but it seems to be doing fine outside at the moment.