I came across this page on a web site today. I wonder if this is just another Brown Turkey or a different variety?

http://www.jparkers.co.uk/compact-fig-prolific-0001297c

I'm wondering if you'll get one loaded like the one pictured ...
Could be anything. The leaves are not typical for BT. But at that size, you can't be sure.
They say it turns purple when ripe, and that could be a description for BT ...

I decided to email the company and ask about it. It will be interesting to see what they say.

They also say, "A medium shrub, growing to 1.5m+ in size, they produce lobed leaves and small flowers in spring, followed by edible fruit in summer."  Unless I got it really wrong, figs don't produce flowers, figs are the inverted flowers.  I bet if you had an air layer you could get a plant to look like that, or even just sticking some branches into a pot for the photo (that's the cynic in me talking).

I've read, no practical experience, that bonsai plants can produce fruit, but can't remember if it will get full size.  My one plant that fruited is still in a relatively small pot.  I think I'll leave it in there and see if it will make full sized fruits again.

I once had a dwarf peach tree which produced full size peaches. I have had bulbs from this company before but not plants. I doubt that I would get anything like the picture. I am always suspicious of all the hype.

I also just read that they don't deliver until winter.

I don't think that's a varietal name from what they say on there,they call it "ficus carica or the fig prolific as it is commonly known",the problem with these big nurseries is I think often they don't seem to know it really care what they are selling.I have a fig known as 'Jerusalem' from another Dutch nursery,looks nothing like the pictures and as far as I can find out Jerusalem is either a Smyrna type,so I'll get no fruit here,or it's a synonym for Jordan fig,but who knows,maybe they just thought Jerusalem sounded cool and exotic,it's very healthy plant but could be a Caprifig for all I know.You would be better off buying from a reputable nursery which specialises In fruit trees such as Reads or Rainsbrook (gb-online.co.uk),people who care about their fruit trees seem to care more about offering decent true to type varieties

I wasn't thinking of buying it, it looks too dodgy. I just can't help being curious as to what it is. Reads are pretty good most of the time, I have a nice peach tree from them, bought some time ago. However a fig that I got from them was pretty rough.

Really,disappointing,reads claim to have the national collection of figs lol.There are no dedicated fig nurseries here in the UK,I suppose that the focus on other trees means figs suffer.You are right to be dubious,probably dodgy,I think the company I bought mine from may be the same business under a different trading name on Amazon,same offer,very similar description.I needed to get a fig tree quick for a gift and they were the cheapest,I bought 2(second one is basically free) and gave one away and have the other in a pot,fingers crossed it produces or ill be doing some guerrilla gardening to get rid of it

Haha! We have a plant, rubus tricolor, aka 'The Triffid'. It would be fun to do some guerrilla gardening with that. It has managed to travel from one end of the garden to the other. It never has any insect damage either.

Well it is a rubus,they can be very invasive,just like blackberries or raspberries,does the tricolour have edible fruit?

Yes, it does although they are very small, not as good as Cloudberry. I have a few of the more shrubby Rubus too, spectabilis and parviflorus. They do fruit but not really worth the effort of collecting, planted for the birds. I grow thornless blackberries which are very good.

I always try to draw a distinction between edible and eatable lol.Eatable is eminently more important,dandelions are edible but not very eatable.By the way,your cuttings have made their way into a Jiffy bag and then into my work satchel,might make it to the post office tomorrow

:)

Did anyone ever get a reply from the company?

Not yet, but it often takes several days to hear anything from most companies. I will update if I get any reply from them.

By the way haslamhulme, if you blanche your dandelion leaves by using an upturned bucket, or something similar, to exclude light for a week or so, they become much more palatable. A very good diuretic though!

I'll have to try that,see if I can't skip a few blanched dandelions into a salad and see if Mrs notices.Your cuttings are on the way,woody rather than green cuttings,2nd class so if the postman keeps them somewhere warm(back of the van should do in this weather) so hopefully you will have some root initials when they arrive and you can pot them up to try rooting them,good luck!

Thank you! I am much more excited about the mystery cuttings than any of the plants that I have bought from nurseries! I am amazed how fast stuff does start moving at this time of year. I took a couple of cuttings from the fig that I got from Read's nursery, because the plant looks a bit sad and was very leggy, I thought a couple of back-ups might be useful. They were put in the unheated propagator on Monday and already have root initials!

The dandelions taste a bit like chicory or endive once they are blanched. Put a nice balsamic vinaigrette, sweetened with honey, over them and, with any luck, your wife won't notice them. Have you tried nettle soup yet? That's yummy.