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Message: <blockquote data-quote="scramp" data-source="post: 4082878" data-attributes="member: 51142">I have a fig tree on the coast here above Myrtle Beach. They don't take winter weather well. In New Jersey they have to insulate and wrap them every year. I keep mine low so it I can throw a tarp on it if we get a late frost.  I think mine is a Jeffersonian fig tree. The fruit is green. A neighbor has a dark fruited fig tree and he has to fight off the birds. They leave mine alone as they don't thin the green fruit is ripe.Fig trees are self propagating so flowers for bees may not be a thing. Some people have issues with wasps. They naturally lay their eggs in the fruit. Never happened to me. Japanese beetles/ June bugs love to eat their leaves. I use bug traps. Mine is loaded with fruit and should ripen all of August till the first frost.I got an Isu Persimmon tree two years ago. It's a self propagating and sweet not tart tree. I got if from an online nursery in Georgia. When they ship it over state lines, you get the bare tree and root structure. They cant ship it as a ball due to no dirt being allowed. That pushed back the tree growth.Figs wrapped in Prosciutto and partially quartered with a piece of goat cheese in the cut portion then grilled. The Salty caramelized Prosciutto with the sweet fix and melting tart cheese is a great appetizer.</blockquote>