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On Sunday I took a soothing walk around the Jardin des Plantes. It was a beautiful spring afternoon, beginning to feel more like summer.
I was excited to spot this tree on the edge of the botanical school gardens:
A funny broad fig tree, happy in the brilliant sunlight! He had a nametag too:
The Rouge de Bordeaux, I imagine, refers to its fruit. Perhaps we’ll see some soon and can judge for ourselves.
Last weekend my wife and I visited Tours and had a lovely time there. One of the perks of the place we stayed was that it had a small interior courtyard with a bike rack, where we could safely stow our bikes.
In that courtyard was also a handsome fig tree! See it pictured below.
This tree was growing out of a gutter in the courtyard, right through a bench. Here is a detail of its base, in the gutter.
A friend of mine said that figs will grow anywhere that their roots are strong. Here is some evidence!
On the trip, we also saw a big beautiful tree on a south-facing hillside along the Loire basin, already heavy with figs. I didn’t snap a picture of it though.
It’s been a week since our last tree diary, and our tree’s growth has continued to accelerate. Here’s a picture of the whole tree:
The first branch has grown quickly and now has a big collection of leaves, and is even growing a second branch from the same branching point on the original trunk.
A few more points on the trunk have started forming new branches, with a couple at the top already unfolding tiny leaves. These are pictured below.
Some nearly imperceptible green bits have also been forming on the trunk below the first branch. I’m not yet sure whether these will be new branches or just single leaves.
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