One of my Kids in a sarcastic manner suggested I Christmas up a fig tree. I have never seen a fig ornamented up, but here is the Contest.  Decorate a fig tree up for Christmas and post a picture of  it here and I will award the winner cuttings of six cultivars from the list below. Some will be 3 per cultivar, but several may be a single cutting as many of my plants are 1^st year from cutting. I will likely add to the selection list later when I can get in and assess some young garaged trees.  I will set an end date later and post it here.  I will rely heavily on input on the thread for winner as my decorative tastes I have been told are lacking.

DEADLINE for posting an Entry is Sat. Dec 14th 18:00 ET

Adriatic 
Alma
Atreano
Black Mission
Brown Turkey
Celeste
Chicago Hardy
COL Littman's Black Cross
Dark Portuguese
Dottato
Excel
Golden Celeste
Kadota
LSU Gold
Marseillies VS Blk
O'Rourke
Osborn Prolific
Owensboro
Panachee
Paradiso Nero
Salce
Scott's Black
Smith
Triano/Troiano Calabrese
unk Brogiotto Bianco NOT maybe Nero
unk Celeste
unk Holland shed
unk Marseillies W.
Unk Octopus
Unk White Italian (Mario)
Violette De Bordeaux

You should have pictures emailed to you so you can post them anonymously to get votes with no names tied to them. I think it could be fun.

Great idea. I love it!

aww.. all mine have gone dormant already.  Nothing i'm keeping inside is big enough to hang ornaments on.. lol..  Is there an award for the saddest looking decorated fig tree?

Most everyone's will be dormant, so don't let that stop you. I have always been kind of a Charlie Brown guy anyway, and you saw his Tree initially

Sarah,
I am just keeping it simple posting them here, again I am a Charlie Brown blockhead, this way I don't lose emails, or mess up posting something. I don't plan on actually tallying votes, just reading comments.

What a fun idea. I will be looking forward to seeing the entries. I may even have a dormant stick to enter.

LOL.. mine is an in ground and is looking more Halloween than Christmas!!!

that's why everyone needs to root a cutting or two at all time. if you have one that's putting on the top, that can be dressed up :) 

What no Holiday spirit?  Don't all Lucy out on me.

 What a fun Idea.  HO HO HO
When is the deadline?  Do we email pictures to you?
 Soni

Soni,

Just post the picture here. I Have not decided a end date, but it will be before Christmas. It kind of depends on participation.

For 6 great varieties to add to the menagerie, I may just have to decorate the frankenfig onto which the prizes would be grafted.  Have patience, I bet you get some other takers, too.

I'm afraid I can't post pictures, but here is a fig decoration as opposed to a decorated fig.... :)

that makes you the current front runner. . .

Ill have to wait until my next day off to see if I can somthing together

A Celestial (Celeste) Fig Xmas Tree.


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Daytime version.

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Now, That’s what I was talking about Mike.  The fig ornaments are nice, but doing up the fig tree itself was what I was after.  You set the bar high.  

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My figs are all tucked away for the Maine winter, but for this competition I ran and got one and started to decorate it:

Arrgghh....I killed it!
I walked away thinking the worst, but then my family came and decorated it up...I am still a block head, but I guess it's not such a bad tree after all!

The best part is it also set a bunch of perfectly round shiny green and purple figs on the same tree.  (Martin, the purple ones did taste better)  Guess it must like the heat from the lights.

Very Nice Greg. I like the transformation, from a twig to a tree:)    We have a couple nice trees now so going to go ahead and set Sat Dec 14th 6:00 PM E.T. as the deadline for posting an entry.

Happy Holidays and Best Figs to all.

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We're running out of time guys...we need more pictures!!!

I was afraid to add any weight or decorations to my first cuttings I have ever rooted but does including them in the nativity scene count? =)

Scott, I love it!

3 figs as gifts from 3 wise men?  Almost looks like palm trees in the setting. It will count as an entry as I like it, but I will say I will likely stay close to the initial statement of a decorated tree in choosing a winner.

Best Figs and happy Holidays.

Thanks, Greg! My wife and I thought yours is great!

I vote for Scott's.  Very creative with the Nativity Scene.

Okay Folks Time is up, and I see 3 folks whose posting has their own fig tree in a holiday setting. So you all three win.  NewnanDawg, GregMartin, Hoosierguy86 if you could either post or PM around 10+ choices in your order of desire, I will try and work  through and be fair to all. The reason for  10+ as opposed to 6 is as I indicated initially many/most of these are 1^st year cuttings so maybe only one cutting and if you all select the same one I could not manage, but in the spirit of holiday and giving this seems  best to me. I hope this works for you as well and thanks for sharing your Holiday Figs.

Best Figs and Happy Holidays to all.

Very nice decorations in my humble opinion fellas and or ladies.

Strudeldog, I want to thank you and your kid that suggested this. It is a really nice gesture in the season of sharing. You also
handled choosing the winners very nicely.

What Mike said!

Very fun and much appreciated.

PM sent :)

Thank you so much! This was a great idea and fun to see figs in the "off season". Will send a pm shortly. Wish you and your family the best this holiday season!