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I do have one of Ficus lyrata tree here in my office an I love the way it grows - really fast indeed- since it gets the right amount of sunlight and I don't overwater it. In return it gives me an excotic aura in the office and we both are very happy.
With respect
Despoina
DKPDFamily - Greece
Posted by: Despoina | October 3rd, 2018 at 8:07 am
Wow Its really Nice Great Work bright green color and the plant has a very exotic tropical look to it.
Dear Martha: I also love fig trees. This spring, I admired a friend's black fig tree and she gifted me with a small cutting, no more than a foot tall.
It is now 10' tall, grown in a pot all summer long. In order to winter it indoors, I will have to trim it--conservatively, since the fruit grows on old boughs.
Though I won't have fruit this year from it, I know I will enjoy one of my favorite desserts next year: Figs cut in half and soaked in brandy, served on madagascar vanilla ice cream.
Enjoying gardens is truly one of life's most sensuous and various rewards!
We have a large fiddle leaf fig, two stories tall, growing in an opening in the concrete floor of our mid-century modern house that is over 60 years old! Once a week watering and periodic trimming is all it needs. Amazing tree!
Posted by: Brenda Brickhouse | October 7th, 2018 at 1:24 pm
Hi Martha,
They are both very interesting plants of which I knew little about before reading this blog. I never knew the coil at the top of the Ostrich fern could be eaten or that Fiddle Leaf Figs grew leaves directly from their branches. Actually, I didn't even know there was a Fiddle Leaf Fig! I look back to your earlier blogs on occasion usually when I'm looking for something and while browsing I end up reading many of the blogs again. No doubt I will read this one again also because it's what I do. If anyone is looking for info on almost any topic, this is the place to look! Trish
I do have one of Ficus lyrata tree here in my office an I love the way it grows - really fast indeed- since it gets the right amount of sunlight and I don't overwater it. In return it gives me an excotic aura in the office and we both are very happy.
With respect
Despoina
DKPDFamily - Greece
Posted by: Despoina | October 3rd, 2018 at 8:07 am
Wow Its really Nice Great Work bright green color and the plant has a very exotic tropical look to it.
Posted by: Saurabh | October 4th, 2018 at 5:42 am
Dear Martha: I also love fig trees. This spring, I admired a friend's black fig tree and she gifted me with a small cutting, no more than a foot tall.
It is now 10' tall, grown in a pot all summer long. In order to winter it indoors, I will have to trim it--conservatively, since the fruit grows on old boughs.
Though I won't have fruit this year from it, I know I will enjoy one of my favorite desserts next year: Figs cut in half and soaked in brandy, served on madagascar vanilla ice cream.
Enjoying gardens is truly one of life's most sensuous and various rewards!
Posted by: RM | October 5th, 2018 at 7:00 am
We have a large fiddle leaf fig, two stories tall, growing in an opening in the concrete floor of our mid-century modern house that is over 60 years old! Once a week watering and periodic trimming is all it needs. Amazing tree!
Posted by: Brenda Brickhouse | October 7th, 2018 at 1:24 pm
Hi Martha,
They are both very interesting plants of which I knew little about before reading this blog. I never knew the coil at the top of the Ostrich fern could be eaten or that Fiddle Leaf Figs grew leaves directly from their branches. Actually, I didn't even know there was a Fiddle Leaf Fig! I look back to your earlier blogs on occasion usually when I'm looking for something and while browsing I end up reading many of the blogs again. No doubt I will read this one again also because it's what I do. If anyone is looking for info on almost any topic, this is the place to look! Trish
Posted by: Trish | October 7th, 2018 at 5:30 pm