they do well when they can take some shelter nematodes under pavement. an old neighbor has one in the swale, between the sidewalk and the road, full sun, never watered, never fertilized... still productive to the point of giving away buckets. (brown turkey)

i have them in the ground and in pots.

poke around my blog (google gardening in central florida blog) and i have a couple lists of recommended varieties & sources.

I'm a Seminolian (sp?) also and planted a brown turkey fig last year, bought from Lowe's. The cold last winter almost killed it but it is back now with small fruit buds all over.