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It's Alive! Zone 5 Olympian

I have tried many different varieties inground in zone 5. None have taken. But last year I bought some Violette du Bordeaux and Olympian from Wellspring. I believe these were tissue culture rather than cuttings. The VdB didn't survive the winter, rather unsurprisingly, but the Olympian pulled through. It died back to ground level but it's sending up live growth. My first fig tree to live through a zone 5 winter!

Great, I love the Olympian fig.  I am in a warm zone, so I cannot say how the fruit is where you are.  I can say that they are an excellent tasting variety in my climate. The only drawback where I am is the open eye, and the tendency to split fruit under certain conditions (if we get a good deal of rain just as it is ripening).  Other than that, no complaints at all and I am glad to have it in-ground.

I hope you have enough summer heat and days left to see embryo formation and then wait for ripening to enjoy the taste. Die back to ground in short cool summer area can be discouraging. May need patience and hope as it may improve with maturity if it survive a couple of winters in Zone 5.

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