Variegated Types Of Rubber Plants

They re fast growers with the right light conditions and can last 15 years or more with proper care.

Variegated types of rubber plants. Rubber plant elastica ficus and its many varieties handle neglect much better than the rubber plants cousin ficus benjamina. The container for your rubber tree should be large enough to grow a 4 foot tall tree. How it looks and displaying. The rubber tree or ficus elastica variegata is native to south asia and southeast asia.

Native to india and eastern asia the plant can become massive reaching a height of 100 feet. The variegated cultivars have dark green leaves with splotches of other colors such. The rubber plant ficus elastica is a popular ornamental plant from the ficus genus. Few indoor plants are as easy to grow as rubber trees ficus elastica.

For the indoor grower looking for a tree type plant species with attractive foliage which can grow from 1ft to over 8ft tall this is an excellent choice. If you re tired of coddling the notoriously fickle fiddle leaf fig or weary of picking up dropped leaves from your weeping fig every day try a rubber plant. Make sure there are drainage holes in the bottom otherwise you risk root rot. Ficus elastica the rubber fig rubber bush rubber tree rubber plant or indian rubber bush indian rubber tree is a species of plant in the fig genus native to eastern parts of south asia and southeast asia it has become naturalized in sri lanka the west indies and the us state of florida.

The most common variegated type is pictured. 15 50 winner of the most stunning variegation awarded by us variegated rubber tree. Introducing the variegated rubber tree plant level. From the moraceae plant family the rubber tree gets its name from its thick shiny.

A sister to ficus elastica ficus tineke is basically an impressionist rubber tree. The rubber trees popularity was probably at its highest from the song by frank sinatra high hopes. The variegated rubber plant known as ficus elastica tineke is possibly one of the prettiest plants of this year. Variegated rubber houseplant problems.

But indoors a rubber tree typically tops out at 6 to 10 feet tall. And a selection of variegated types. The rubber plant is all about.