Ficus Trees Information

Ficus Trees & Bonsai Ficus Tree Information

Ficus Trees Classification Overview

Ficus Trees Family Classification Overview by Ficustrees.info

The ficus is a genre of approximately 800 species and 2,000 varieties most of which are native to the Old World tropics. The species consists of a large array of plants, ranging from woody evergreen or leaf losing trees, shrubs and climbing plants, to vines. Some can be found growing naturally in the tropical forests of West Africa, India, and Malaya where they might grow to a height of 50 feet, or they can be grown; and are fairly controllable and attractive, as a small tree in California along the Southern coastal areas. And several are exceptional for outdoor cultivation in southern Florida where they attain heights of about 25 feet.

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Growing Ficus Trees Indoors Overview

Growing Ficus Trees Indoors Overview by Ficustrees.info

Coveted in interior decorating for its splendid beauty, and yet avoided for its temperamental nature, the ficus is the most popular indoor tree. Several species grow well indoors, and also come in a variety of leaf colors and shapes and each variety has its own growing needs. The most common ficus house plants include Ficus lyrata, or fiddle-leaf fig, the popular F. benjamina, or weeping fig, and the renowned Ficus elastica, or Rubber Tree. Even though the ficus can be a challenging plant, it can also be a very rewarding plant to grow.

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Growing Ficus Trees Outdoors Overview

Growing Ficus Plants Outdoors Information Overview

The ficus used to be a very popular plant for outdoor landscaping, but due to its history with disturbing septic lines, cracking concrete walkways, and even causing major damage to buildings and foundations, landscape designers and architects tend to rethink the use of this plant.

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Ficus Trees Care & Culture Overview

Ficus Trees Care & Culture Overview

Information about the care and culture of ficus plants and flowers including ideal light, temperature, humidity, ventilation, water, potting and fertilization.

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Ficus Trees Propagation Overview

Ficus Tree Propagation Information Overview by Ficustrees.info

The Ficus is one of the easiest plants to propagate. One of the most efficient ways is to root from branch cuttings. Although the specifics for each species varies for maximum success. So if you own a ficus and aren’t sure if your particular species can be propagated in this fashion, my suggestion is that it never hurts to give it a shot and see. It’s always worth putting cuttings into the soil just to see if you come up with some baby ficus. I’ve found that when doing nothing special except the initial dose of fertilizer, my success has been about 80%!

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Ficus Trees Blooming Overview

Ficus Plant and “Flower” Blooming Information Overview

Unlike your typical flower bloom, the ficus bare a fruit-like structure that is referred to as syconia. These special fruits are actually special structures bearing minute male and female flowers on the inside. The fruit is an almost closed vessel with many small flowers arranged on the inner surface. So really the flowers of the fig would remain hidden unless the fig was cut open (they are inside-out flowers).

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Ficus Trees Insects Overview

Ficus Plant Family Insects Information Overview

The number one preventative measure to take when dealing with the common indoor and outdoor insects (for ficus) is prevention itself. You should always make sure that you are regularly cleaning your plants leaves. A consistent washing or spraying of the foliage with warm water will minimize or prevent problems. In fact I give my ficus a shower right in my bath-tub. I just place the ficus in its pot, in the tub, shut the curtain, and let the warm water from the shower give it a bath! Not only does this enhance the plant’s overall appearance, but it removes pests as well.

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