Brown Turkey fig trees
Ficus carica Brown Turkey is the most reliable fig, and well-suited to growing in sheltered drier parts of the UK.
The fruit can be eaten fresh, and is becoming a popular ingredient for dessert cookery. It should ripen in late August.
Brown Turkey fig trees for sale
Pot-grown
All our pot-grown trees are grown for us to our specification by the Frank P Matthews nursery.
All pot-grown trees are suitable for planting out in the garden, some are suitable for growing in containers.
PG11-year bush-trained 7L pot-grown tree £44.75
Grown for us by Frank P Matthews nursery
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
PG21/4 standard 12L pot-grown tree £55.00
Grown for us by Frank P Matthews nursery
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
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Tree specification
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Tree sizes and forms
Next deliveries
Order now for delivery from week commencing 24th February.
Delivery charges
Delivery for a single tree starts at £9.95, it is calculated based on your postcode.
Growing and Training
The main issue with growing figs in the UK climate is that whilst the tree will grow quite happily and with little attention, it may be reluctant to fruit. To encourage fruiting, choose a sheltered situation in full sun, and restrict the root growth by planting in a large robust container, or lining the planting hole with paving tiles. Fan-training against a south-facing wall (either in a container or with the roots restricted) also works well.
If you are growing in a container you may wish to move the tree into a cold greenhouse over winter. If outside, a frost-fleece might help if very cold weather threatens.
Make sure the tree is well watered during late spring and summer.
In autumn remove any large green figs that have not ripened, and leave the small immature fruitlets - the large ones will never ripen whereas the smaller ones will ripen next summer.
Like all figs, Brown Turkey is fully self-fertile and usually untroubled by disease.
Brown Turkey is more cold-hardy than most figs, but even so it is not a good choice for areas where winter temperatures are regularly below minus 5-10C.
History
The origins of Brown Turkey are unknown, but it has been grown in the UK since Victorian times.
British-grown trees 
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In addition, all our trees are certified under the Plant Healthy scheme, supervised by the Plant Health Alliance.
Other stakeholders include Defra and the RHS. The scheme aims to improve UK biosecurity by setting standards
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Guaranteed fruit trees
When you buy your fruit tree from Orange Pippin Fruit Trees we guarantee it for the first season in your garden whilst it gets established. If it doesn't grow successfully, we'll either replace it the following season or offer a refund - subject to some conditions.
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More about fig trees
Figs are fascinating trees, quite unlike most of the orchard fruits grown in temperate climates. In fact they are essentially a sub-tropical fruit, but can be grown by the keen gardener in most of the drier and warmer parts of the UK.
Growing fig trees is not hard in the UK, but getting them to fruit is an interesting challenge. The key is to pick the sunniest and most sheltered spot you can find, and, somewhat bizarrely, to restrict the root growth with a container or a planting hole lined with patio slabs.
Figs respond well to winter pruning.
