Can someone tell me whether or not fig trees go dormant in Florida?   A friend of mine is moving there and asked me this question but I really don't know the answer.  Any help would be appreciated.

Figs go dormant in Louisiana so florida is only few hours from were i live. So yes. I think is a sun issue that makes them go dormant. Hoyrs of light changes in fall. Richie from louisiana

I think it will depend on the variety of fig and the location in Florida.  Florida has multiple different climate zones, mostly ranging from 8-10.  I'm in 10b and basically on the line between sub-tropical & tropical (about 50 miles north of Miami).  Here, I notice some slower growth during the winter months, but only a few of my trees actually lose their leaves.  I've harvested figs as late as November/December and as early as February.  I don't know if I've ever harvested in January, but only because I don't remember specifically.

This is a post I made this past November that only included a couple of fig pics, but you can see the LSU Purple still has all of it's leaves and a Cajun Gold with it's leaves still ripening figs:

http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/show_single_post?pid=1284954764&postcount=1

And, here's a post from the beginning of February showing several more with full foliage and ripe figs:

http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/show_single_post?pid=1286048546&postcount=1

I don't have a list of which ones go dormant, although, I do know the Strawberry Vertes and a couple of others will lose their leaves for a few weeks in Dec/Jan and then just put them right back on. 

Thanks for the feedback.  I'm not sure where in Florida he will be moving but it seems to be the norm for fig trees to have a slow down in growth and quick re growth of lost leaves even without the cold weather that we get in N.J. if I'm understanding it.