Bountiful Figs

Oh and by the way hot sun in Arizona is good for fig trees once they have adapted to the ground. Within a month after planting they should be able to take a lot of sun, they will not need protection from the sun. Fig trees can grow in deserts with little to no watering once they are old enough, alt...

How big do they grow for you? Are you growing them as shrubs, rather than in tree form? Seems that would make them easier to bend and cover. I have some in shrub form for the reason that you mentioned, but now I'm trying to train them as permanent horizontal trunks just above ground level. These wi...

My weather is significantly different then yours...I'm in zone 5 Maine. So here our in-ground figs have to be protected, generally by bending to the ground and covering in the late fall. For varieties I'd recommend Florea and Ronde de Bordeaux for you. They both do well here with covering, but I gav...