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They sell these at Lowes for $10 for a tiny slip. Probably take 3 years for you to get any fruit on something that size (if that pic is your 'tree').

Almost all my transplanted relatives from Italy have a fig tree in their Chicago yards and have had for YEARS. Somehow this has become 'trendy' now for everyone else - I don't get it myself.

My great aunt in LaGrange, IL had a couple 20' tall fig tree she's been growing since probly the 1950's...produced a TON of figs every single year. Unbelievable flavor. But don't fool yourself: growing Figs in Chicago takes a certain touch and great devotion to get your Fig Tree to reach this level however.

If ground planted, you need to bundle it up each fall, tarp it TIGHTLY, insulate with a layer of leaves, throw another tarp over that again TIGHTLY, and then throw another layer of leaves as far up the tree as you can "pack them" along with soil to keep everything insulated. This *should* get your Fig Tree through the winter until Mothers Day when you can unpack it. Or just bring the tree inside to winter over - only put it outside after frost (Mothers Day or later).