Here’s how to grow a fig tree in your garden! About Figsįigs thrive in areas with long and hot summers (Zones 8 and warmer), though they can also be grown in colder zones if properly insulated from freezing temperatures or grown in containers and brought indoors. “I don’t suppose you remember where you #movedit?” I asked.Figs are a delicious treat that thrive in warm climates but can also be grown in more temperate regions with a bit of extra care. “Plus, this is where I like to stand when I tweet.” “It was blocking the espresso machine,” he said. “Is that what that was?” my husband asked, not looking up from his iPhone. “Have you seen my fiddle leaf fig tree?” I asked my husband, who was standing where I had last seen the plant. And maybe it would even thrive.īut the next morning, when I went into the kitchen, the fiddle leaf tree was missing. I pulled into the driveway and, hoping for the best, lugged the (heavier than I remembered) plant inside to sit next to the dishwasher. Outside my kitchen windows, the neighbors’ shrubs loom so high and thick that only watery green light seeps through the glass. There is no way I can simulate a rain forest experience in a humidity-free Northern California stucco bungalow. But there was a glimmer of hope. Had I just spent $49 on a plant that was going to shrivel and die in a week? It suddenly looked bigger than it had at the plant shop. In other words, this was a finicky plant that needs a lot of special attention. Great.Īs I drove home, I frowned at the 4-foot-tall native of West African lowland rain forests, sitting beside me in the passenger seat (should I have strapped it into a car seat?). And to be careful when I transplanted it–”don’t put it into a pot that feels too big or it will get freaked out,” the plant store owner advised–and to sing it lullabies at night if it had trouble falling asleep. And to let the soil in its pot dry out completely before watering it. But could I keep it alive?Īt the plant store, they said to keep it in indirect light. So it was probably inevitable that the fiddle leaf fig has become the latest “it” house plant–and that I fell in love with one the other day (and that you will too, eventually) and wanted to bring it home. The big, round leaves of a fiddle leaf fig tree make it the houseplant equivalent of a newborn. Nature has wired us to feel protective of babies, with their oversized, floppy heads. Icon - Check Mark A check mark for checkbox buttons. Icon - Twitter Twitters brand mark for use in social sharing icons. Icon - Pinterest Pinterests brand mark for use in social sharing icons.
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