LSU Purple Fig

I ordered 2 LSU Purple figs and then forgot about them until it was shipping time and I noticed I was billed. They arrived quickly and I'll admit I was concerned to see 2 sticks sticking out of a small rectangular pot.

I got them planted and both started shooting out growths almost immediately. Both are doing well and one even has 2 small figs on it. Could not be more impressed with Stark Bros!!!

Just saw my catalog arrived and am deciding what else to order.

Thus far, we like this variety ... Since we are pretty new to growing figs, and since these were just planted last year, it may be a few years before we have enough experience to give a fair review. We also planted two other fig varieties in hopes that at least one or two of them would work in our area of south central Oklahoma; we had a rather mild winter for 2015-2016, so all of the figs are leafing out. We already are thinking that the LSU Purple may be ahead of the rest and is the one likely to be ordered again to replace any others that don't make it; again, it may take a few years to be certain. We certainly did love the small harvest we had in late summer/early fall of 2015 from this variety ... absolutely heavenly fresh figs!

weathered the winter better than my 4 20 year old turkey figs. grows more like a tree.fruited first year. will do well this summer.

My LSU purple fig tree arrived safe and sound in November. It has survived our mild rainy winter and seems healthy, hasn't begun to leaf out yet. Planting instructions were helpful.

One is still in perfect condition. The other suffered winter damage and it looks as though something was chewing on the terminal end of the new branches. Wasps? I do have leaves lower down coming out. I expect it to recover.

I planted this one in a container. It actually made a couple of figs the very first year! I put it in my garage for the winter. It over wintered quite well and now has a number of figs on it.

We received a very healthy tree which has thrived and even at such a young age has produced many excellent and sweet figs. The price was very reasonable too for your very fine product. Thank You!

Exactly as delivered- it's growing well, figs maybe soon !

We received two (2) of the "enhanced" offering fig trees via courier/US Mail in good shape and planted them immediately in areas of at least half-day direct sunlight and within the radius of the lawn irrigation system (mixed-in some fertilizer to the burial (8-3-9 blend that I use on my mangos, avocados, citrus and other tropical (Diamond R. Fertilizer, Winter Garden, FL)) and a couple of Vigiro fertilizer stakes to the mostly silica sandy soil they are bedded in. Got new flush buds within a couple weeks, leaves within a month, and a single fig fruit on one of the plants the first growing season (the one with the more favorable sun exposure)). Got three figs from that same plant this season (fruit had good sugar for its having grown on a juvenile plant and did not color (was green)). All in all, I'm pleased. My Middle Eastern in-laws laugh at me in my excitement regarding these plants (figs are called, "teen", in Arabic) owing to their belief that these plants will take a long time to size-up and be appreciable producers.

I recently purchased four different fig trees to add to my collection. Due to wanting specific varieties, I purchased from four different suppliers, as to the variety I wanted that was available from that supplier. I paid four different prices ranging between $9.99 to $29.99, with the latter coming from Stark Bros. However, the old saying you get what you pay for sure is proved here. The sizes of the trees I received corresponded inversely to the prices I paid. The $9.99 was approximately 4 inches tall and the width of a #2 pencil, the next 10 inches same thickness, the next, 16 inches only slightly thicker, but the Stark Bros was at least 4 feet tall with a good stout trunk at least a 1/2 inch across! Guess which will bear sooner? I have purchased trees and plants from Stark Bros for many years and have never been disappointed. I always check Stark Bros first. All the trees are doing well after transplanting and have all put on leaves. I live in the beautiful northeast Texas piney woods area just south of Tyler, TX in zone 8b. Winters with lows in high teens and with hot humid summers. I fully expect this LSU purple fig to do well, as it's my understanding it was bred with our climate in mind. Hope this has been helpful.

This fig tree took off right away and hasn't looked back, it is looking great 1 year later.

I just purchased last season, hoping for fruit this year. The tree is very healthy, doing great!

I bought a few verities of fruit trees and the fig is the first tree to already start producing. Excited to harvest and have fresh figs this summer. I planted this in a 20 gallon bucket and its thriving so far. Great addition to our farm.

I definitely do recommend this fig. I an in North Central Georgia. I planted it in mid-October 2016. It put out a few new leaves after I planted it and then went dormant over the winter. Spring and Summer of 2017, I was impressed how well it grew with lots of new stems and the tallest growing to about 6 feet. I really liked the large beautiful leaves. It made it though this past winter which was relatively cold. I am looking forward to getting some figs this summer. It is on my list of very pleasant calm plants.

Bought an LSU purple fig with the advanced root system back in March and planted it. When it was delivered it was a stick with no leaves. 5 months later it is booming, growing very fast and I have 15-18 figs on the tree already!! Cant wait till they are ripe. I would highly recommend stark bros they are the best!!

Decided to keep this tree in a large pot on back porch and is doing wonderfully. Cant wait to eat its first fruits.

Purchased this late last summer and planted it between my deck and garden. I covered it during the winter months. The figs started showing in May, and ripening in late July. Of the first crop, we had about 10. I'd guess there are 30 - 40 figs left to ripen The fruit is a lovely dark color, and when it droops the taste is amazing! I will purchase another one of these when they are available. It's a great fig.

True to form, this fig tree is indeed cold hardy enough to survive NYC zone 7 winter.
Had this fig tree for about a year now and it's growing and sending out new shoots but haven't had any fruits yet. I'm hoping this year to finally get some figs out of this tree. Fingers crossed!

The tree is growing nicely. Just a little over one year now. No figs yet but things are looking good.

no figs yet will wait until trees start bearing

Thanks

Planted two of these trees in large pots, and while they fared well through the heat of summer, neither tree made it through a mild winter. Would not recommend for west Texas and equivalent.

All died. Have ground turkey have Mission fig have Chicago hardy all are thriving in the same soil the LSU never recovered all died

Like all Stark plants, it took off after I planted it and never looked back.

I love my pampered little fig tree! It has grown well and is a beautiful addition to my landscape. I'm still waiting on it to produce figs, though. I'm hoping maybe this year?

I was surprised when there was winter die back in zone 8,especially since it was deep mulched and covered with row cover all winter. the bottom has resprouted, and I'm curious to see if it's still a LSU purple or the rootstock variety. Geaux Tigers !

This is the first full summer of growth and the Chicago and LSU fig tree growth was impressive however I'm not sure the figs will ripen . There are about 20 figs on each plant but maybe to many. they are small and may not ripen. should I limit the numbers so the rest will grow bigger or just give the young trees some time.
I'm very happy with them either way. they look good in my yard,I would recommend both of them. they are fun to watch develop