Im in South Carolina zone 7b and I was wondering is it too late now in the summer to set fig trees out?  would they have enough time to get established before cold weather or do I need to wait till next spring?  Also where is the best place to get some of the more hard to come by figs?  My problem is the ones I have are fairly common so have nothing to trade with someone that would have the harder to come-by figs. 

what I have.

Violette de bourdaux (sp?)
Desert King
Italian fig - (dont remember the exact name but think it was misslabled from the nursery
                because when it produced figs they looked nothing like the ones in the picture from
                the catalog.  the picture showed a dark fig and this was a very light brown fig)
Texas Blue Giant
Unknown - I got a small piece from and old abandonded farm house that noones lived in prob for 50
               years and hasnt fruited yet.  never saw fruit because the land was cleared right after I got
               it for a houseing development.
another unknown - my first and biggest fig the one that got me started into figs.  thought it was
                           turkey fig until I saw actual turkey figs at farmers market now dont know what
                          it is. posted pictures on here but noone could identify.

Panachee - yet to fruit but growing like crazy


What I want----  Ronda de bourdeaux, Black Maderia,  atreano  

If you've been growing these indoors, I assume they must be young cuttings. Yes I would put them outdoors now, but in a sheltered area shaded from full sun and gradually over say 3 weeks time, moved to a sunnier area. Of course when the weather gets cold you'll have to bring them back indoors and maybe best to keep them in a sunny window and growing for the first winter. Figs really need outdoor conditions to grow and produce, but of course you can start them and keep them going for a while indoors. As for obtaining some rarer varieties, plenty will be available here and on ebay, just be careful that you choose reliable sellers if you purchase. Trades happen all the time too. If you send me a pm in the fall, I will send you some scion to try. members here are very generous.    

I guess I thought he was asking about planting them in the ground but I could be wrong.  I was thinking about putting a couple in the ground but I missed my opportunity for this year in MD.  In SC you could probably do it but it would be risky.  I would wait until Spring.

Rewton, I may have misunderstood the question. If he wants to plant in ground I agree, I'd wait til spring at this point. 

If you had duplicates of some of your plants you could always experiment.
I think they would be ok if planted in ground now as long as you give them adequate winter protection.
leaf mulch 6 or more inches deep a few feet radius around the plant, wrap with burlap or some such, wire cage, around that and fill it with leaves,
more wrap around the wire cage as wind and rain barrier. 

Aaron, I planted a two year old Celeste in the ground after it was dormant in December and it did just fine. I did mulch it with lots of pine straw.

Im sorry I didnt make it clear - the figs I have right now are already planted outside in the yard - Im thinking about trying to bid on a Ronda de bor. on ebay but I didnt know if I won the bid and got the plant if I could go ahead and plant it out in the yard or would I be better off waiting till spring to bid on one that way I could plant it out then?  Thank you very much for the offer of sicion.  Also I was wondering about figs that are late to ripen like Panachee and black maderia  could a person plant them up next to a building with a south face then in the fall when it starts to cool fix like a cold frame around them to give them a few weeks of warmer weather to finish ripening?