VIRGINIA

I grew figs in my backyard in the suburbs of Washington, DC. The climate in Northern Virigina is humid and wet year-round, causing many problems with pests and spoilage. The mid-Atlantic has a good season length (~3900 GDD) and summers can get uncomfortably hot. 

Fig Varieties:

• Adriatic JH
• Algerian Chetoui
• Baldufada Rimada
• Beltrana
• Black Bethlehem
• Black Crimean
• Black Greek
• Black Manzanita
• Black Tuscan
• Blanche de Deux Saisons
• Blue Princess
• Bordissot Negra Rimada
• Bourjassotte Grise
• Bourjassotte Noire
• Boysenberry Blush
• Bubble Gum
• Burgan Unk
• Burgisa
• Calderona de Miner
• Calderwood Unk
• Campaniere
• Capoll Curt Negra
• Cardenillo
• Casa di Lazzaro (Mario #50)
• Cessac
• C'est Bon
• Champagne
• Citrullara
• Col de Dame Bordissotenca
• Col de Dame Gegantina
• Col de Dame Grise
• Col de Dame Mutante
• Col de Dame Noir
• Col de Dame Roja
• Colonel Littman's Black Cross
• Craven's Craving
• Dalmatie
• Damigella con Ramo
• DC2
• De La Roca
• Dels Ermitans
• Des Roig Manyo
• Desert King
• Eaubonne
• Edith's Raspberry Jam
• Faja de Ovelha
• Famino
• Feather River
• Fico Secco
• Forastera de can Reviu
• Fracazzano Nero
• Galicia Negra
• Gentile
• Green Michurinska
• Hative d'Argenteuil
• Hollier
• Honey Plum
• Ibiza
• Impellizzeri
• Improved Celeste
• Ischia Black
• Italian-258 (I-258)
• Izbat an Naj
• Jebba
• Joualle Noire
• Kafe te Jiate (KTJ)
• Kortbawi
• La Bourgeoise
• La Costa Unk
• Leo Longhissimo
• Leon's Montenegro
• LiVolsi
• LSU Black
• LSU Purple
• LSU Tiger
• Madeira Island Black
• Magnifica Dry
• Makadonia Dark
• Malta Black
• Mare de Deu
• Marseilles Black VS
• Martinenca Rimada
• Medici Historic Reserve #3
• Melanzana Calabrese
• Moscatel Preto
• Moscatel Verde
• Negra d'Agde
• Nerucciolo d'Elba
• Nostrano
• Nuestra Senora Del Carmen
• Ondata
• Paratjal Rimada
• Paratjalina
• Pastilliere
• Petite Aubique
• Petite Negri
• Piccola Negretta
• Piombinese
• Ponta do Pargo
• Ponte Tresa
• Preto
• Purpura Verde
• Qora Yasile
• Red Lebanese Bekaa Valley
• Rigata Rossa A
• Rodgrod
• Rosa Esmeralda
• Rossellino
• Sao Miguel Roxo
• Smith
• Socorro Black
• St. Martin (VR)
• Strawberry Verte
• Sucrette
• TC12
• TD Yellow Crinkle
• Tenerife
• The One
• Thermalito
• Tina (Mario 218)
• Tres Num Prato
• Turquie 2
• Verdino del Nord (VR) / Figoin
• Verdolino
• Violet Sepor
• White Madeira #1
• White Triana
• Yellow Greek
• Zaffiro

Tips & Experiences:

• Fertilization
• Fig Tasting - Early Season
• Fig Tasting - Early/Mid Season
• Fig Tasting - Mid Season
• Fig Tasting - Another Mid Season Update
• Fig Tasting - Late Season
• Fig Tasting - End of Season
• Low Maintenance Growing
• My best fig varieties for Northern Virginia
• My best new varieties in 2021 (1/2)
• My best new varieties in 2021 (2/2)
• Producing fruit on a First Year Tree
• Rain & SWD
• Rooting Fig Cuttings (Part 1)
• Rooting Fig Cuttings (Part 2)
• Walking the Backyard - During the Season
• Walking the Backyard - End of Season