Brown Turkey Fig is a more winter hardy variety fig that produces two crops a year. A deciduous fruiting tree with an interesting winter silhouette and lobed palmate mid-green leaves. The sweet-smelling fruits are produced in spring and summer and ripen to a brown purple with pink flesh. Highly adaptable, but provides the best fruit in full sun and well-drained soils.

Type:	Tree
Height:	10' - 30'
Spread:	10' - 30’
Spacing:	20’
USDA Hardiness Zone:	6 - 9
Culture:	Full Sun, Part Sun
Bloom Color:	N/A
Season of Interest:	Spring, Summer

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Medium Maintenance. Water regularly-weekly or more in extreme heat. Watch for mites, aphids, mealybugs, nematodes, and scale. Fruit can become messy if not promptly harvested.

LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Garden, Wildlife Gardens, Shade Tree, Edible Landscapes, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Strawberry, Raspberry, Lavender

IMAGES: Photo by David J. Stang, Ficus carica Brown Turkey 3zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) Acabashi, 'Ficus carica' Brown Turkey - fig at Shipley, West Sussex, England, CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Forest & Kim Starr, Starr-121108-1121-Ficus carica-Brown Turkey fruit-Pali o Waipio-Maui (24829122229), CC BY 3.0 US, (4) Photo by David J. Stang, Ficus carica Brown Turkey 1zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (5) Forest & Kim Starr, Starr-140925-1988-Ficus carica-Brown Turkey fruiting habit-Pali o Waipio Huelo-Maui (25128323052), CC BY 3.0 US

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.

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