Black Rubber Tree

Rubber trees formally ficus elastica can be enjoyed as either medium sized house plants or grown to become focal point beautiful indoor trees if you re patient enough to grow your own plants that start out younger when you buy them adapt better to indoor living than starting with a more mature plant.

Black rubber tree.

These rubber plant care and growing tips will keep yours looking great. A classic houseplant the rubber tree plant ficus elastica grows up to 100 feet tall when grown outdoors. Although it s native to asia it will grow outdoors in the warm climates of u s. Tipu soft rubber garden twine soft stretch plant and tree tie hollow stretch rubber twine expands with the growth plant fruit tree w cutter green 262 ft 4 5 out of 5 stars 179 11 99 11.

A conserv a store exclusive 72 protective tree ring of recycled tire rubber for the very large diameter trees that you ve been unable to find a protective rubber ring for previously. Center cut is 12 but more can be cut out for those gigantic large diameter trees you may have. It s been slightly pushed aside and i think now s the. They re fast growers with the right light conditions and can last 15 years or more with proper care.

Want an easy care indoor tree with large glossy leaves. Rubber tree plant information. But indoors a rubber tree typically tops out at 6 to 10 feet tall. About the rubber tree houseplant.

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. Rubber plants can grow up to 100 feet in their native homeland of southeast asia. It can grow up to 30 m above 100 feet high in its native conditions. 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.

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. After spending quite a few years in the interiorscaping biz i found the rubber plant to be the easiest of the ficus trifecta which includes the fiddleaf fig and ficus benjamina to maintain and keep alive. 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. Department of agriculture hardiness zones 10b and 11.