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Pests and Disease While leaf drop as a result of changing environmental conditions is far more likely to cause problems for your plant than any other issue, you…
Read more How to Grow and Care for Weeping Fig Plants (Ficus benjamina)Fertilizer A liquid fertilizer for tropical plants can be added in spring or summer if needed, according to package directions. Stop fertilizing in fall and winter when growth…
Read more How to Grow and Care for Rubber Tree (Ficus elastica)In their natural environment, rubber trees, Ficus elastica, can grow over 100 feet tall. They will never grow anywhere near that large when grown as houseplants, but that…
Read more When and How to Prune a Rubber Tree Plant | Gardener’s PathIn fact, I have more than one of each. And since I still haven’t won the darn lottery, you better believe I’m propagating some of my own. Most…
Read more How to Propagate Ficus from Stem Cuttings | Gardener’s PathRubber trees, rubber figs, rubber plants, whatever you call Ficus elastica, there’s one thing we can all agree on and that’s how impressive the foliage is. The huge,…
Read more Common Causes and Solutions for Yellow Leaves on Rubber TreesHouseplants have been having something of a renaissance in the last decade–and not just because so many people became plant parents during the early days of lockdown. Plant-filled…
Read more Houseplant Trends of 2024: Experts Weigh in On the New Popular PlantsFicus maclellandii “Indoor” and “tree” aren’t two words that always go well together, but I’d say that the banana leaf fig makes it work. A tall, woody plant…
Read more How to Grow and Care for Banana Leaf Figs | Gardener’s PathFicus spp. The Ficus genus encompasses a plethora of beautiful and fascinating plants, from dramatic fiddle-leaf figs (F. lyrata) to the Great Banyan tree in India, a F.…
Read more How to Grow and Care For Ficus | Gardener’s PathGinseng figs (Ficus microcarpa), also known as curtain figs, ginseng ficus, Indian laurel, or Chinese or Malayan banyans, are incredibly popular as bonsai specimens. That’s because they have…
Read more How to Grow a Ginseng Ficus Bonsai | Gardener’s PathFicus microcarpa Ginseng figs (Ficus microcarpa) are popular houseplants that you most commonly see for sale potted up as quick-growing bonsai. They’re also known as curtain figs, Indian…
Read more How to Grow and Care for Ginseng Ficus | Gardener’s PathIt’s pretty hard to miss when a rubber tree (Ficus elastica) starts dropping its leaves. Those thick, glossy leaves are so large, you could probably hear them falling…
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