To all fig enthusiasts who have been discusing my fig trees offered on ebay. as stated above I have defintly identified the tree formerly called BIG FIG as BRUNSWICK. The photos at the top of the page are mine. I nolonger display the leaf photo because it caused to much confusion. [ To clarify ]-- The leaf shown in this photo grew in deep shade. While very beautiful it is not typical of the tree. Leaves grown in full sun are much shorter while maintaining similar shape. My thanks to loslunasfarms for helping me identify this tree. As to souring I only have this happen ocasionaly. Generaly we get tons of perfect figs. [ Heres one for all you fig nuts out there. ] My BRUNSWICK fig tree is planted to close to a large plum tree and has adopted a leaning habit trying to get more sun. Aside from looking funny I have been concerned that as the crown developes it might fall over. It has been tied to the wood shed for about 3 years in an attempt to straiten it. This winter I got out the tree saw and cut a wedge out of the trunk at the 2 foot level and pulled it up strait closing the gap. Now I have a strait tree. I tied it in place and wraped the wound in duct tape. The plum tree will be cut back sevearly to allow more sun to my newly straitend fig tree.

My setigera has 5-leaflet leaves. They are down fairly far, but they are there. There are also thornless forms of setigera, though I seem to be growing only ultra-thorny ones here. Remember, there is going to be a certain amount of variation between individual plants. This is probably a seedling, not a clone like the usual garden roses. So the picky little details of thorniness, stipule shape, stipule color, etc. will have natural variations.

Sounds like Dr Huey to me. Get rid of it and replace it with a repeat bloomer suitable for your local environment. Ask neighbours what grows well for them if you are not sure. If you like Dr Huey, cut it right back after blooming so that it puts out flowering canes.:-)

Well I did a reply to the latest posts, but I can't see it now...so as not to be seen to be ignoring the replies, here it is again, no doubt it will now magically appear...twice! @Marguerite, thanks for the name Blue Hale, I hadn't come across that one before. I'll amend its label, you know how I like my labels! @ Rina, thank you. No particular secret as to their size. Maybe because of growing them hard, they rarely get any fertiliser, they're watered infrequently and get no special care really and spend their lives confined to the g/h...it works and suits me fine:-) @ Richard, thank you too. The blooms have taken an absolute age to develop from buds to open flowers and seem to be lasting even longer now in full flower....just wish they didn't pong so much, it's really an unpleasant smell in there especially when the sun is out :-/ My regular jades also flowered, they take a fair while to get from bud to open, but these beat them hands down in the 'longest time it takes stakes'. They (the ones that do flower) all generally start to show the first signs of buds around Jan/Feb, but just last sooooo long. I've only ever got the ordinary plain ovatas and this one to flower...so far. Regarding the downsizing, yes they can certainly be cut down, but I'd still have to accommodate them in the house come the day my g/h falls down! Don't worry, it won't quite be yet :-) I just have to remember to place the plants to dodge the drips from the roof, hope one of the glass panes stays put as it's bottom frame has rotted and remember not to open one of the casement windows as I need to replace the hinges.....oh the joys of house ownership! Gill