Reply To: New Chicago Fig Tree

  • Jen-in-Ok

    Member
    October 15, 2022 at 8:46 pm

    my grandpa has some in the ground that don’t get any babying in the winter. they usually die to the ground in a hard winter. he’s z7, I think.

    I’d keep them in the house or a sheltered spot and plant out in the spring. they need to have a good established root system before winter, so if they freeze to the ground they have something to come back from.

    you won’t have to keep the leaves green all winter, just keep it from a really hard freeze.