I have the fig trees for the front bed!

Behnke Nurseries is running a sale right now for 20% off fig trees.  There are other things on sale, too, but it's the figs that I care about.

When I got there yesterday, I immediately was faced by a quandary: do I get the Celeste or Turkey Foot fig plants for the front bed?  The Celeste descriptions seemed to have a better description of the flavor but the Turkey Foot is good to Zone 5 vs "only" 6 for the Celeste.

In the end, I went with the Celeste.  The MD Cooperative Extension page for figs said Celeste is a good fig for Maryland and can withstand our winters.  That's good enough for me.

After examining the 20 or so trees (if you can call something that's 2' tall a "tree") they had, I picked the two with the most new growth and actively-sprouting leaves and called it a lunch break.