Watching the Fig Tree: A Spring Update

With warm weather and longer days, our fig is finally opening its leaves.

And they are growing larger everyday.

Here's what it looks like this week:

This photo shows some of the leaves still slightly curled, but nearly opened. 

Even so, being a young tree and planted at the edge of the wood means

our fig lacks the bravado of its neighboring figs.

Here's one that belongs to a neighbor;
this tree is sturdy and full:

The figs are just slightly larger than the ones on our tree though:

Here is a much larger fig that grows at the Chesapeake Arboretum:

It's still coming into full leaf because, like ours,
it's near a canopy of large trees.
Even so, by summer it will form a nearly impenetrable wall of green,
squirrels will perch in its branches and savor its juicy figs,
and turtles will nibble on the fruit that drops to the ground.
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And if we're fortunate, our small tree will bear a few edible figs itself.
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