Rubber Leaf Plant

About the rubber tree houseplant.

Rubber leaf plant. How it looks and displaying. You can tell if your rubber plant needs more light if it becomes leggy its leaves lose their luster and lower leaves fall off. The rubber plant is all about having a small tree indoors with broad shiny attractive leaves. In order to promote new leaves on a current rubber tree houseplant cut a slit in the node where a leaf fell off.

Once you know how to care for a rubber tree plant and it is growing well you can begin the propagation of indoor rubber tree plants. They need very little feeding. When this plant is about 1 2ft tall it s well suited sitting as a centrepiece on a table on a shelf or on a windowsill but once it begins to grow above 3ft it looks great standing next to a fireplace television area. Department of agriculture hardiness zones 10b and 11.

In its native jungle habitat in india and malaysia the plant can grow up to 100 feet tall. With its glossy leathery leaves and upright form it s a striking addition to almost any room in your house. 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 rubber plant ficus elastica could be the ideal houseplant for you if you want a tough but easy going indoor plant that can reach staggering heights within just a few years the shiny glossy leaves look great in most homes and although young plants start off small they will fill the space in an empty corner quickly.

One way this happens is that a rubber tree owner will fertilize the plant too often and this causes a rubber plant to lose leaves. This will allow a new leaf to grow quicker. Propagation of a rubber tree plant. The ficus lyrata or fiddleleaf fig is revered in the groovy design world but we know many find it a challenge to grow.

Over fertilization rubber tree plants are frequently killed with kindness from their owners. As a domesticated houseplant rubber plants grow anywhere between six to ten feet tall you can grow outdoor rubber plants if you live in zone. But indoors a rubber tree typically tops out at 6 to 10 feet tall. The rubber plant is also known as ficus elastica and rubber tree.

Ficus elastica more commonly known as a rubber plant rubber tree or rubber tree plant is a popular houseplant because of its waxy leaves and larger than life appearance. Although it s native to asia it will grow outdoors in the warm climates of u s. You can propagate a new rubber tree plant from a cutting. The ficus benjamina or weeping fig drops leaves like it s fall every day.

Rubber tree plants only need to be fertilized once in awhile. Rubber plants can grow up to 100 feet in their native homeland of southeast asia. I ve found that both of these plants do best in higher light conditions and are. If you re new to plant parenting a rubber tree is the plant for you.