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Okay before people throw rotten figs at me, I know dwarf figs have been discussed before. What I would like to know is there a list of fig trees by their average adult size, (not pruned)? I've seen on some online sites to order trees sizes for the average trees, but there are a lot more varieties.  I would like to maximize a collection of in ground trees of the main different flavor types and colors in the least amount of space possible with the least amount of pruning necessary. (Not getting any younger), want to save my back:)
Thanks
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They also have to be suitable for the gulf coast environment zone 8b.

Good luck. Growing them as a bush will make pruning easier.

Maybe we could start a list of figs that don't need watering. I know I have customers who want those varieties.

I just thought some varieties have to be smaller than others when full grown. I was hoping there might be a list or search function by the adult size on a scale largest to smallest or vice versa and then I could go through them based on all of the other criteria. Trying to speed up the search instead of searching every tree individually.

I think the max height listed on fig selling websites means nothing. They are called fig trees, not fig bushes for a reason. :)

I just had a tree shoot up from a 4 inch rooted cutting, to 10 feet+ in just four months and it's only in a 10gal pot.

I think unpruned any variety can reach 25-30ft+ eventually. Some do grow slower and have tighter node spacing.

Wuhan is the only variety that grew less than 6ft in a year. Mine are all dense 5x5ft bushes. The other 59 varieties grew 8-10-12ft in the 1st year.

I think your best bet is to look for weeping varieties. ;)

Okay, Thanks just trying to keep my work load down. I remember climbing one that had to be at least thirty or more feet high in my youth, just didn't think they would all get that big:)

Hi,
They all will get there with time. So pruning every 5 or 10 years is just a task that needs to be done - of course some require every other year pruning.

Still some grow faster like col de dame,celeste and others grow at a slower pace like BT (from here Europe), Dalmatie, Longue d'aout, madeleine des deux saisons, Black Madeira (LOL).
If you go for instance to the website of Baud (try a search on baud fig. The page is translated in English I think ) he has one list... with what he is/was selling at the time he made the list ( not updated ) .
Of course there is no extensive list with them all.

But remember that even Longue d'aout makes big trees ... It is just a matter of time.

JDS France,I may be wrong but I think that is the kind of info Kingoceanos was looking for?,please call me out I am wrong Kingoceanos.

It's useful to know some varieties which are naturally small,e.g are slow growing/have weak vigour,therefore easier to keep small and with less pruning less often.

A point of note is that weak growth and vigour is with figs from what I've read often due to disease burden(FMV) weakening the plants natural inclination to grow into a 30ft monster.

A list of naturally smaller,less vigourous growers which are also healthy (and therefore could be considered naturally dwarfed by genetics rather than disease) would be useful

Hit the nail on the head:)
Thanks

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