Eight Varieties of Figs That Can Grow in Zone 7 and How to Summer Prune Them
This video talks about 8 different varieties of winter hardy figs that I am growing in Utah zones 6/7. These are all planted in ground and can survive without protection over the winter, but may not have time to develop and ripen fruit if they die to the ground. For that reason, I do protect all my figs over the winter. Here are the varieties that I am growing:
Olympian
Chicago Hardy
Brown Turkey
Italian Honey Lattarula
Marseilles Black VS
Negronne AKA Violette De Bordeaux
Ronde De Bordeaux
Black Mission
This video also covers summer pruning. I summer prune my figs to open them up and promote ripening of the figs. We have a shorter growing season here and our figs need to ripen by mid September so they miss the first fall frost.
Here is how I protect my figs over the winter
• Protecting Fig Trees in Zone 6