First year they SLEEP. Getting used to their new environment. Second year they CREEP. A little shy, checking things out, deciding if they should grow and wondering about life as they know it. If all is well, Third year they LEAP! Give it time!

Most figs lose their leaves in winter. They go dormant most places.

Suzi,

sleep creep and leap in the first second and third year is a good rule of thumb but there are exceptions. I suspect the right location determines whether or not the rule even applies. I have two air layered clones off a mother magnolia. One is stunted; it has put on zero new growth and looks fine, just frozen in time is all. Thus, sleeping in the first year. It is planted in an old compost/horse manure pit, and perhaps that's why. The other tree is growing at pace with any of my fastest growers. It is planted next to a brick column with a concrete base. It is leaping in it's first year (I planted it fall of last year)

I think concrete is the answer to a lot of problems for fig growers. Not just how the fig goes for it, but also how concrete protects the roots in wintertime. I have nine figs planted next to concrete for the past three years and they haven't died off a bit. Everything else was wrecked to the ground.

baldeagleomelette, yes, location probably has a lot to do with it! And containers vs in-ground. Concrete, if it's a slab under your house and you plant a fig tree next to it, you will be very sorry. Living here in Fig paradise, a Mediterranean climate, you just can't expect any fig to contain it's roots. Those roots can lift a building, crack a swimming pool, and cause tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage. Nobody here would put a fig next to a sidewalk or a house, but under a boulder is not a problem. They do love the boulders. It doesn't snow here and we grow very little in containers. Sometimes I start figs in containers, but they all end up in-ground.

@seandocherty96 In the UK the weather is cool, and maybe this fig just needs some heat to push growth? You say a new branch is growing from beneath the ground. I think your tree is growing. I still think you need to be patient.

What variety did you buy? Some figs are very aggressive growers and some are not. Some are prolific producers and some are not.

It's not growing from below ground at the moment it just has two trunks from the ground both halted in growth.

It it is quite cold here at the moment at around 11c at night 18c during the day average.

its a brown turkey fig

Too cool for new growth.

It won't get much hotter than this at all through the year. It's supposed to be a hardy variety. 18c is hot for the uk