Possum  Creek Herb Farm is offering Hardy Chicago at $4 a pop. MIght be worth a gamble for you.

With all of the reading and the huge number of species and cultivars, I think I am going to need to get the 5 or 6 hardiest varieties I can find. I will have to hope for the best with my crazy travel schedule to keep them in pots until they bear fruit.  I will then need to choose the 2 or 3 varieties that taste the best to me, and put them in ground. I will then rehome the remaining potted figs since I am limited in space and keeping them in pots long term is not option at this time.

I knew I had a lot going against me…. USDA Zone 5, 6300 foot elevation, dry windy sub-zero winters, hot dry windy summers….. 

Here’s hoping for the best!!!

I did not see any figs on Possum Creek Herb Farm, I must be blind.  Could you please post a link.

Thank you

Scott

IMO you can save yourself some time and skip Brown Turkey. You will just be underwhelmed by it.

Calvin,

Which brown turkey are you referring to, English Brown Turkey or California Brown Turkey?

California

Calvin,
Have you tried the English Brown Turkey? There is a big difference. Its very Cold Hardy and much better tasting fig.

Let me know if this doesn't get you  there. It's listed with the herbs.

http://www.possumcreekherb.com/herbs_E_F.htm

Wow the shipping is more than the fig.

Pete S.,

I haven't tried it. I'm going to have to find a home for my other lame California, I had 2 in the beginning. I bought a 2nd one late in the season last year, I believe the nursery I got it at may carry Corky's Honey Delight this upcoming season, I still have all the tags and it's still in the Monrovia pot; I'm thinking about doing the old switch-a-roo on them. As in sort of trade it in, but if they don't have more BTs I'm out of luck.

Sure enough, there it is.  I was in a hurry a scanned right past it.  The lack of pic through me off…. or at least that will my story.

Thank you for the link

Figgless , maybe take a look at this thread for figs in zone 5 and 6.

I have been searching for, growing, and testing cold hardy figs now for around 10 years, in a zone 5b/6a.

There are now many cold hardy figs available that were not known 10 to 20 years ago.

I can provide a list of figs from our testing results, if requested.

For any one who would like to see that list, send to me a direct email request to:               robertcharper@ gmail.com

The list is 17 pages long with pictures. So, it is better if sent by email.

Bob Harper

Although i only started growing it this year.
I was informed that Danny's Delight could withstand temperatures of up to -20 Celsius once the tree hits maturity.

I am certainly going to put that to the test.

Danny's Delight is an outstanding fig for the north.

But, keep in mind all figs are tender until they become mature. In the north, that can take any where from 5 to 10 years.

They must be protected when they are young. They can not be planted and cared for like an baby apple or baby pear tree.

You're going to end up loving your Danny's Delight. Yes it has been reported to be hardy down to minus 20 degrees Celcius.

But, a fig trees ability to handle cold will depend a lot on how well the grower understands the fig trees needs.

Bob Harper

Hi Bob Harper
I tryed to email you but it did not make it on the info of the hardy figs.
         
                                                                Rich 

 as far as intense sun goes, my figs love it at   4100'.

takes a  long while to acclimate tho. figs from boston took almost 3 weeks to accept this harsh sun.

I know this thread is old, but is there anybody in the Denver area who would be wiling to share an extra little fig plant with me?
I try to grow a lot of tropical or warm weather plants from seeds and I would like to try and grow a fig as well, as I grew up in a place with lots of them (Italy).
It would be in a small greenhouse during the winter.

Thank you

Enrico