Dave, The branches are coming off the main stem at almost 90 degrees and they are very weak. Breba figs forming on the ends of the branches will pull the branches down early in the season, as will main crop figs later, but the new growth will go up. It's not a good idea to ID a fig tree without seeing the figs, but the unusual branch habit and leaves are consistent with Weeping Fig/Aldo/Corleone/Palermo Red. If this is the tree you have, it will produce good crops with moderate pruning - just cut back or remove older branches now and then and root prune. Weeping Fig bebas and main crop figs The Resulting Tree

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Thank you, Ingrid! I haven't grown HdB in awhile but decided to add her to my striped rose collection. She was always healthier for me than Variegata de Bolgna. As I recall she gave me remontancy, as Zephirine Drouhin does, but in our current climate, who knows? Time will tell. Maybe I'll just enjoy the foliage! :-) I also prefer DdB's flower to many modern stripes. I am taking a gamble on the striped Tea, Madame Driout. I've never grown her, but decided to give her whirl as one of my few roses in that class. I've only seen one bloom, but it was intriguing--darker pink than HdB and globular as it unfurled. Really quite pretty! I may attempt to post a photo (I shudder at the thought of trying) of DdB, MD and Clotilde Soupert in a vase. I hope Cecil is continuing to heal! Carol