Variegated Types Of Rubber Plants

Pink painted leaves with white and green these babies are beautiful.

Variegated types of rubber plants.

And a selection of variegated types. Introducing the variegated rubber tree plant level. Make sure there are drainage holes in the bottom otherwise you risk root rot. The rubber plant ficus elastica is a popular ornamental plant from the ficus genus.

The rubber tree or ficus elastica variegata is native to south asia and southeast asia. But indoors a rubber tree typically tops out at 6 to 10 feet tall. 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. The most common variegated type is pictured.

Place a layer of small 1 inch rocks in the bottom to aid in drainage. How it looks and displaying. 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. 15 50 winner of the most stunning variegation awarded by us variegated rubber tree.

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. A sister to ficus elastica ficus tineke is basically an impressionist rubber tree. Native to india and eastern asia the plant can become massive reaching a height of 100 feet. The variegated rubber plant known as ficus elastica tineke is possibly one of the prettiest plants of this year.

The rubber trees popularity was probably at its highest from the song by frank sinatra high hopes. From the moraceae plant family the rubber tree gets its name from its thick shiny. The rubber plant is all about. Rubber plant elastica ficus and its many varieties handle neglect much better than the rubber plants cousin ficus benjamina.

However if you do happen to have a suitable place with good light levels for the variegated types look out for ficus ruby which has pink and purple flushes in the leaves doescheri sticks with splashes of different shades of simple greens and yellows but still looks beautiful in the right spot ficus tineke is pretty much the same but more compact. They re fast growers with the right light conditions and can last 15 years or more with proper care. The container for your rubber tree should be large enough to grow a 4 foot tall tree.