Greetings! I am in the Seattle, WA, USA area (USDA hardiness zone 8a, PlantMaps hardiness zone 9a) where the weather is cool and wet virtually all year, except the last week of July and the first week of August. We call this period "summer". I've always loved figs and raid my father's small tree and my sister's two large trees yearly - I suspect these trees are Desert Kings. Last fall I finally got my act together, cleared some ground and planted two trees, a Desert King, and a Violetta (Bayernfeige?). Today the DK is 4-1/2' and the V is 4' tall. Both have a few brebas.
In my youth I was both a botanist and a gardener, but am no longer either, though I do retain some knowledge from those days, and TLW is an avid and dedicated gardener. Earlier in the spring I removed an old tired apple tree, and after this year's pear crop will remove the old, tired, abused pear tree. Both will be replaced with figs.
I'll be devouring this site for information and will likely post with the typical newbie questions if I can't find the answers with the search function.
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