Recently I had occasion to pass thru Tennessee and to my surprise went within 20 miles of Oak Ridge.  I first learned of the TM fig some years ago when I found a picture of it on the web, the caption saying that it grew on the lawn of a Vet Hospital in Oak Ridge.  By identifying the surroundings and calling the city horticulturist I learned where the fig was.

So, we drove to Oak ridge, and after asking a few questions I recalled the name of the vet clinic and went there.  I was made welcome and told to examine the tree to my hear's content, but that the extreme winter had reduced it to roots, and it was coming out from the ground.  Exactly as my figs did here in Oklahoma.

LOL, I spoke with a young man in Oak Ridge and asked him about their climate.  He told me that if they had two inches of snow they could count on having the schools closed.  He went on to tell me things that made me think he and I lived in the same town. 

At any ate, the Tennessee Mountain Fig lives on the sloping lawn of the Jackson Square Vet Clinic in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.  The people there are very nice and surely will not mind your looking at a fine example of the TMF.