Attention fignuts near the Houston area who are interested in LSU varieties.

I hit up some smaller nurseries while I was out running errands this morning. I found a nursery with about 8 - 10 older mature [LSU] Jack Lilly fig trees. The nursery has had them for at least 3 - 4 years. The manager said that they came for a large nursery in southern Louisiana, but could not remember the name.

The trunks are around 2" wide, or some were larger. Best of all they only wanted $35 a tree. They also had some Banana/Kodata trees that were the same size and price.

The soda bottle in the pics is a 2 liter for scale....


CliffH

Lucky you. !!! I had one in ground and the bark got rubbed off at ground level. Before i could find out what was wrong it died. Thats nuts how you found this. Dud you buy them all. Congrats on the major find. Richie
Louisiana
Ps. I lost three trees to this bark missing at ground level. Not sure whats causing it. Strated spraying poison around the tree trunks

I got cuttings of Jack Lilly and Banana from someone in Texas last winter. I guess there is a connection here. I haven't had figs off either, but with Jack Lilly's rarity, I wondered if it was a correct ID. Any figs on those plants? I'd love to see pictures of matured figs from these. I noticed the label has the name misspelled...

Mike in Hanover, VA

I got cuttings of Jack Lilly and Banana from someone in Texas last winter. I guess there is a connection here. I haven't had figs off either, but with Jack Lilly's rarity, I wondered if it was a correct ID. I'd love to see pictures of matured figs from these. I noticed the label has the name misspelled...

Mike in Hanover, VA

I was doubtful about the variety myself, and told the nursery person that. The fact that the trees came from a wholesale nursery in south Louisiana was encouraging.

Also, while researching this variety on the forum I came across a post by JohnnyTX (who lives in Houston), that says he purchased a Jack Lilly last year.The tag even looks the same and has the same spelling. Maybe he has had some ripe fruit by now. The tree I bought also has some mature fruit, so we will see.

http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/hello-to-my-jack-lilley-7756870?highlight=jack+lilley&pid=1289543904


-chh

I agree, it is encouraging about it being from a Louisianna nursery. A few people here have it, so maybe they will see this thread and can comment. I look forward to your report on the ripe figs. Some photos with a quarter or something for scale will be helpful in identification.

Put jack lily in the seach bar. Go to post title " picture of jack lily. Its pauly's post. Richie
Louisiana

A Louisiana nursery selling Jack Lily? Where does that exist? Would be great if it is true but seems questionable.

I am continuing my research on the trees that I have found. Unfortunately for those you have messaged me to ask, I do not have anymore solid info on confirming the variety.

My tree had two figs when I got it. The critters got one (protection bag and all), and the wife knocked the last one off and ran over it with the lawnmower (came home from work to pick it and found the smashed mangled remains...).

I am adding more pics of the leaves, and the only remain fig (unripe) that I could find on the trees back at the nursery. I will follow up next spring when I start getting some ripe figs. I am sure this little nursery will still have the trees next spring, as they are exiled to far back corner of the property.

The leaves and one fig do resemble pictures posted by Dan_la back in 2011.


CliffH

Thanks for the follow up CliffH. I think those resemble my the leaves on my supposed JL. I'll take a closer look tomorrow to compare.

Mike in Hanover, VA