"Hardy" FIgs
- Subject: "Hardy" FIgs
- From: B* G*
- Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 21:02:29 -0700
I've become somewhat interested in various species of Figs, mostly just by
rereading the section on them in Sunset's Western Garden Book. It says in
the section on them that F. elastica, and F. microcarpa can be grown in my
zone (17, USDA 9b). It says F. microcarpa is commonly used in the bay
area. I dont recall seeing these in any of the bay area (San Francisco)
towns that i've been in, or maybe i'm just not looking hard enough :).
Anyway, so what's the deal with both of these? If F. elastica is hardy
enough to be grown here in zone 17, does it remain shrub like, or can it
become a tree? And with F. microcarpa, i saw a picture of one that seemed
to have become a strangler, enveloping another tree.
By the way, the coolest fig i've seen is the massive F. macrophylla in
Santa Barbara.
