Panaché Fig

No, sorry. Try checking with Jon Verdick at Figs4Fun.

Sorry to dredge up an old post, but, my first ever fig tree is a Panache. It is 3 years old and has about 50 figs on it. I’m impatiently waiting for ripening in DFW, Texas. I was startled by the picture of the single trunk pruned back to what 2-3 feet high? My tree has 4-5 trunks currently and none are anywhere near the circumference of Richards. Can you make recommendations or point me towards info about why to prune to a single trunk and why to cut it back so far. I’d been reading that people pruned back much less than that. Guide me sinsei!

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I’ll leave it to Richard to comment specifically on Panache but you can grow most fig cultivars as a bush form or train them as a tree. It is personal preference. Some fig varieties sucker heavily and take a lot of maintenance to keep in a tree form while others don’t have the propensity to sucker. Here in the moderate climate of N. CA I prune mine back severely while they are dormant to maintain a reasonable size. Established trees easily put on four to six feet of growth in a season and bear a large crop. Without severe pruning one tree could dominate the average suburban lot and become very difficult to install bird netting.

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That tree was still in training. Notice the branch development in later photos in the thread.

Thanks. So your practice it to prune to one trunk and to cut that back yearly to the main trunk? Do you do it that way because you believe it produces better or what?

No. There are better series of pictures with discussion here

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Hello Richard ! I’m from Las Vegas , I have a question about “panache fig” I buy 4 mounth ago, plant it, and I feel that it’s not a panache :sob:, I don’t know how to identify

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It could be. It’s very late in the year for fruit to show true color. Let’s see what next Spring’s crop looks like.

It doesn’t look like one to me. Often wood is striped. It is possible for plant to revert back from variegated to normal, but most likely it’s not a Panache. Here is mine.

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I’m so sad :disappointed: buy 2 panache fig trees at Lowe’s


I Have to take it out befor the warranty expired…

Hi drew! My wood it’s not the same color than yours

The nursery that supplied Lowe’s provided a misleading label.

Higuero Panache is not traditional Panache.

Oh no :man_facepalming: I got 8 figs trees from Lowe’s , desert king , peters honey, corkey, 2 panache, black jack and kadota

Can you post pictures of the labels?

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The others fig trees are the same label, except the Panache

I trust the Monrovia brand. They have their own distribution system and a good reputation.

Yeah that is deceptive. Yes that Panache is another fig. never heard of it? And I know figs!

Welcome btw Minh, if you could post your location in your profile, that can help us with further suggestions.

I could try to root you the true Panache over the winter, but I’m not cheap! :slight_smile: Or I could send cuttings, I charge there too. I don’t take cuttings until February. PM me for details.

Yes, the green wood is striped. As it ages the stripes disappear. So I would say the name is deceptive, but they don’t show a variegated fig. Their are 4 or 5 other variegated figs, some are amazing looking. I have a small Fiorone Oro aka Oro Rosato, which also is variegated. The interior is more amber. I have not had any figs. My plant is 5 inches tall and it may not survive my winter. I’m going to try and keep it alive!

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“Higuera Panache” is just Spanish for “Panache fig”. The picture on Desert King does not right either, those are main crop figs and Desert King is known for brebas.

@Minh, I see one leaf in the background that looks like it might have fig bud mite symptoms. If you post pictures of the plants that might help narrow down what you actually bought, and tell if they likely have fig bud mites too

Wich one ? From the panache ?

In many locations, yes. But the breba crop does not ripen properly in portions of the west.

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