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I've fancied having a go at growing a fig tree for a while now, I think they're attractive plants and will look lovely in the garden, but I'd also like to have a go at getting some fruit from it too. This is Brown Turkey, a variety recommended for growing in the UK. It looks a nice, healthy specimen, and although it's only small, it's got more growth than some which were for sale, there were a couple with just a twig stuck out of the plant pot.
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Fig trees are ideal for growing in containers as they like to have their roots restricted. If they're planted out, they will make vigorous growth at the expense of a good crop of fruit.
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At just £2, I'm sure you'd agree that I couldn't leave it on the shelf. It may have some growing to do but I don't mind waiting.
I have often seen plants in Morrisons and wondered whether they were worth buying.......maybe I will next time I wander through!
ReplyDeleteI've had a few things from Morrisons and they've always done well for me. It's definitely worth a gamble for £2.
DeleteI'm a fan of Morrisons plants, my standard bays were 2 for £40 last year and have lots of heathy new growth
ReplyDeleteThat's a great price for your bays, I think I shall have to look out and see if they're selling them again this year.
DeleteI paid a fortune years ago for a fig tree and then it died one winter. The Mozzers plants have always done well for me and I especially love the yellow label, reduced clematis ;)
ReplyDeleteWhat a shame your fig tree died. I shall make sure that I move mine in to the greenhouse over winter and give it some protection. I've never seen any yellow label, reduced clematis in Morrisons, that's something to watch out for.
DeleteBlimey that looks like a bargain! Happy figging. :) And, thanks for the recommendation - I'll be looking in Morrisons once we move!
ReplyDeleteI'm a fan of Morrisons plants, they're such good deals. My little fig tree looks really healthy, I just hope it goes on to produce some figs for me.
DeleteI just checked out a similar sized plant at my (only) and local garden centre £4,99.
DeleteDo Morrisons have them around normally for a bit - I may send a chum off in search :) Thanks!
I miss and I'm sure many other folks miss Woolies for plants and especially fruit trees.
Even £4.99 is cheaper than I've seen them in some places. I haven't seen figs in Morrisons before, but I've seen similarly packaged gooseberries and raspberries, and lots of ornamentals too, and they usually have them in for a while at this time of year. I hope you manage to find one. I miss Woolies for lots of things, I'm often thinking of a place where I could buy such and such a thing and then think, Woolies would have had it.
DeleteIt certainly sounds like a bargain to me! I hope that you have lots of fun growing your fig and eating the fruits! xx
ReplyDeleteIt will be a bargain if it grows well and gives me some fruit. Fingers crossed.
DeleteThat's the variety we have, Jo and I have a post prayed about ours.
ReplyDeleteIt's the one variety I recognised the name of. I shall look forward to reading your post.
DeleteI grow this fig and it cost a fair bit more than £2. Time I went shopping for another one - churlish not to at that price.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't believe it was only £2, not after the price I've seen them for in garden centres. I know it's only small but I'm happy to wait for it to grow. I hope you manage to find one in your local Morrisons.
DeleteWow good price indeed and looking very healthy. We have an established fig tree in the garden, goodness knows how many years it been here but it is huge, we try to prune it back a bit but it has a mind of its own.
ReplyDeleteI've read that figs can grow very big, another reason for keeping it in a pot. I was surprised to find this at such a great price, it was straight in my trolley.
DeleteI don't like figs, but that's a real bargain at that price. I hope that it does well for you. Flighty xx
ReplyDeleteIt looks really healthy, its leaves are so glossy. I couldn't have left it on the shelf at that price.
DeleteOh dear... fig is a fruit plant on my list to be planted in my garden this year. I have been checking some online nursery to get a suitable variety and reasonable price. I hope I can find it soon.
ReplyDeleteI hope you manage to find one at such a great price as I have. I would think that you'd require a different variety to this one with your climate being so different.
DeleteAh, you're a woman after my own heart, Jo! I'm forever buying Morrison's twigs and have had an excellent success rate. My last year's purchase was a red gooseberry and it's doing fantastically well this year. Ditto the Jonker van Tets redcurrant which fruited in its second year. I'm definitely keeping my eyes peeled for a fig now next time I go shopping! At £2 a twig, it's worth taking a chance!
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear that your twigs are doing well. I've seen various kinds of berries before but never a fig, I thought this was a bargain. I do hope you manage to find one yourself.
DeleteGreat buy. I have a friend who now picks figs from her garden. I am sure given time your little plant will crop.
ReplyDeleteI know that supermarket and they do some jolly good offers with plants :)
It would be lovely if I were eventually picking figs from this little tree, a while off yet I would have thought, but I don't mind waiting. I've bought plants from Morrisons before and I've been pleased with them, they even have some good offers in their gardening section.
DeleteWhat a bargain. We don't have Morissons around here, probably just as well really else I'd be tempted regularly with those prices :-)
ReplyDeleteMorrisons isn't out nearest supermarket, in fact, I think all the other supermarkets are nearer to us, and we don't shop there all the time, but I do find that they have some good bargains when we do shop there.
DeleteI have seen those fig plants in Morrisons myself but havent really got anywhere to put one. I would love to try and grow one as I have heard they are quite easy to.
ReplyDeleteI keep saying that I don't have anywhere to put more plants, but I keep shoehorning them in. It helps that this fig will be happy in a container.
DeleteWhat a bargain Jo, definitely worth a try for that price.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was a great bargain, definitely worth a gamble, especially as it looks so healthy.
DeleteWhat a bargain, I can never resist figs, I've got four or five in pots now, they're my favourites. No doubt yours will do really well.
ReplyDeleteI think they're lovely plants. I just hope I manage to get some figs from it, that would be the icing on the cake.
DeleteWe used to have a very big fig tree but had to move it and it didn't survive the move, however we now have a smaller one that we have had a few years and the fruit crop is getting bigger every year. It was a very good price I hope it grows well for you, happy growing.
ReplyDeleteThat's such a shame that it didn't survive the move. It's good to hear that you're getting some fruit from your new tree, I think it will be some time before I get anything from this little twig, but it will be exciting if it does go on to produce.
DeleteWe have an enormous fig growing near our back door, and I put its vigour down to the fact that we empty the ash can next to it! We started emptying the ash there one particularly bad winter - crossing the garden wearing slippers in the snow is no joke - but the fig tree seems to have enjoyed its ash mulch and we get pounds of figs from it.
ReplyDeleteIt must really enjoy how you're looking after it, it sounds as though it's rewarding you well with lots of lovely fruit.
DeleteWelcome to fig growing Jo. Figs are certainly different to grow compared to other fruit.
ReplyDeleteI've fancied growing a fig for some time now, I think they're lovely looking plants, I think it's the glossy leaves. I couldn't resist when I saw this at such a bargainous price.
DeleteAnother bargain, Jo! I'm sure you'll enjoy your fig tree especially when it produces some fruit. Our fig tree in the back garden was planted when we moved in about six years ago. We have another in the front garden that was transferred from a pot and is not so big, but still doing well because it gets a lot of sun where it is. We started getting mature fruit about two years ago. There are two crops a year but the second lot don't mature in our climate.
ReplyDeleteOne thing about growing this in a container is that I'll be able to move it around so that it gets plenty of sun. I'm sure I'll have a few years to wait until I get any fruit, but I don't mind waiting.
DeleteI totally agree! I wouldn't leave it on the shelf either!
ReplyDeleteIt was such a bargain. It's hard to justify spending much more in a garden centre when you can buy the same thing in a supermarket so much cheaper.
DeleteThat was a brilliant price Jo, I bought mine several years back for £14. Although it was paid for by gardening vouchers Mike won in a raffle.
ReplyDeleteThere's definitely bargains to be had if you shop around. I've seen fig trees so much more expensive than what I paid, I hope you're getting some fruit from yours so that it was worth the £14.
DeleteNow that looks like a nice sturdy little plant Jo - more reasons to shop at Morrisons :)
ReplyDeleteHa ha, very true. It looks to be doing well so far, fingers crossed.
DeleteI recently visited Morrisons to get some always lovely fruit and veg and the first thing I came to as I entered the shop was the plant stall. They had two Tayberry plants left and I picked the shorter, bushier one because as far as I'm concerned with fruit its a marathon not a sprint. £2 is a bargain and about the only berry I didn't have in my collection. Thrilled with my already thriving purchase!
ReplyDeleteI'm pleased to hear that you managed to pick up a bargain in Morrisons too. I've already got a tayberry, though it's still waiting to be planted out on the plot, I'm not sure where I want it to go yet so it will be kept in its container until I've decided. I got a few fruits off it last year.
Delete£2????Amazing! I hope it does well...I bought a fig tree last year and planted it out, I've since learnt they grow better in pots.xxx
ReplyDeleteIt's put on lots more growth since I took this photo, it seems to be doing well so far. I'm sure your fig will do well, even though it's in the ground, it will probably grow big and give you lots of delicious fruit.
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