Ficus carica 'Brown Turkey' RHS Award of Garden Merit. is a large deciduous shrub with bold, deeply lobed leaves and insignificant flowers followed by edible fruit to 10cm in length, at first green, but purplish when ripe. Usually one crop of fruit per year, but sometimes two in a hot summer or if grown under protection.

Cultivation: Best grown fan-trained against a warm wall or fence, using a root restriction method such as a box of paving slabs with the bottom filled with a warm layer of rubble or broken crocks. Also suitable for cultivation in a container .
Pruning: In March remove a proportion (1/4 to 1/3) of older branches.
Soil: Alkaline or Neutral. Moist but well-drained or well-drained. Chalk, Loam or Sand.
Aspect: West or South facing. Sheltered.
Flowers: Green in Summer.
Foliage: Dark Green. Deciduous.
Fruits: Green and Purple in Autumn.
Suggested Plant Uses: Architectural, City/Courtyard Gardens, Cottage/Informal Garden, Mediterranean or Wall-side Borders.