Plant Facts

Ficus

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  • Name - Ficus robusta is the well-known rubber plant; Ficus benjamina the nearly-as-famous weeping fig. Ficus lyrata is the unusual fiddle-leaf fig. Pronounced FY-kuss
  • Origin - Moist tropical regions of India, Malaysia, West Africa
  • Care Tips - Rubber plants are quite forgiving and long-lived. Weeping figs do not like change and can respond to altered routines or conditions by dropping their leaves in shock. These will regrow once the plant is settled.


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    Ficus benjamina