Brown Turkey Fig

This wonderful wide-spreading fig tree 15-25' tall and as wide that produces one to two crops of large, very sweet, mahogany-colored fruit. An exceptionally prolific bearer; this beautiful tree has attractive large lobed leaves and requires very little care. Figs are very effective specimens for creating stunning winter silhouettes. S/M

Brown Turkey is a fast growing Hardy Fig variety that produces dark brown-purple fruit with delicious amber-colored flesh. It is known for growing well in hot, desert climates and produces two crops of fruit per year. The first crop is smaller and ripens in early summer with a second, larger crop developing in the fall. The summer crop allows gardeners in cold climates with short growing seasons to still produce fruit even if the frosts consistently come too early to ripen the fall crop.

This is an edible fruit of high summer, perfect timing because they're fruit and you don't have to cook them. Even if you don't care for the fruits, plant them for the coarsest foliage texture you can find. Seriously, can you name anything else that contrasts so lusciously with all other leaves? The flowers amount to nothing - you'll have to look very very closely to find them - it's the strange fruit that are the second asset (maybe I don't have my priorities straight and the fruits should be the first asset?). If you don't love the fruits, you can give them away or freeze them and toss a couple at a time into your smoothies - figs have several beneficial attributes and the other smoothie fruits will disguise their unique mouth-feel. In zones 7 and 8 of the Deep South, we're fortunate that this tree is hardy when the temperature drops into the teens. If temps drop near zero and trees are killed back part way or all the way to the ground, healthy trees will sprout right back. I was told that in zone 7 of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, the winters are still zone 7 in rating, but they last longer than southern zone 7 winters - therefore people grow their figs in giant pots and park them in their garages over winter. I saw it in person - folks have huge figs in pots everywhere!

The Brown Turkey Fig Tree is an old time favorite in the south for fresh eating and canning whole. The medium sized, bell shaped fruits are purplish-brown with light pink flesh. This small productive tree will produce delicious sweet figs in summer and usually a secondary crop in early Fall, which makes it a good choice for those who want to container-grow on their patio or have limited yard space. Old Brown Turkey Fig Trees have survived single digit temperatures from time to time.

Growing for years in abandoned field next to us

BROWN TURKEY FIG (EDIBLE) - A medium greenspreading evergreen broadleaf tree in frost free areas. It is decidious in colder areas, hardy in zone 6-10. Growing 10-15' tall in sun, likes poor soil, and do not over fertilize. Produces brownish purple figs early and late summer. Bright green lobed leaves - grey bark. Fruit great fresh or for preserves. Plants are grown and shipped in 4.5" Pots with growth approx 10-12".

Brown Turkey is the ultimate Southern fig producing large crops of medium to large, brown to maroon, turbinate figs over a long season that begins in June. The flesh is strawberry red and is sweet with good flavor. This is probably the most reliable and commonly grown fig in Southern regions but it is the standard bearer for hardiness tolerating the climate of zone 5. It is known to fruit if frozen to the ground as well. Resistant to spoiling and splitting and good fresh, dried, or preserved. Self pollinating and with a small but open eye. Fig trees do best where they get at least 8 hours of direct sun per day. Once well established they are fairly drought tolerant but extended dry periods can cause leaf and fruit drop as well as early dormancy. A deep organic mulch will help to alleviate extremes in moisture levels, reduce nematode issues, as well as to reduce competition from weeds.

Long purple fruit is pink inside and sweet. Zone 7.

The 2nd hardiest of the figs and a prolific producer. A rather coarse shrub, broad, rounded shrub that provides an interesting textural effect in the landscape. Hardy, but dies back to the ground in cold winters. Best in a protected spot. Needs a long growing season to get fruit so you might have to protect it in the fall.

This fig is supposed to do well in our climate so we are giving a few a try. Fast growing and large attractive leaves. These produce ample reddish-brown figs which are sweetly rich and good for eating fresh or drying. A few pints will pay for the tree!