In my folks old place in SW France the roots of our neighbours fig went under a thick stone wall and then through the wall of my folks chai.
None of the fig trees in anyone's gardens produced decent figs year on year. Some years you'd get them late in the season, but nothing like say Croatia or southern Italy.
They do give good shade when it's blisteringly hot.
I haven't been since it was Yugoslavia, but still have vivid memories of walking along walls picking, and eating them from the branches hanging over peoples gardens.
In my folks old place in SW France the roots of our neighbours fig went under a thick stone wall and then through the wall of my folks chai.
None of the fig trees in anyone's gardens produced decent figs year on year. Some years you'd get them late in the season, but nothing like say Croatia or southern Italy.
They do give good shade when it's blisteringly hot.