The variegated rubber plant known as ficus elastica tineke is possibly one of the prettiest plants of this year.
Variegated rubber tree pictures.
The rubber tree is a medium to a high light indoor plant.
While your rubber tree is in its growing season.
Perfect for bringing color and life to entry areas empty corners and mixed plant groupings.
A sister to ficus elastica ficus tineke is basically an impressionist rubber tree.
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Avoid direct sunlight it burns the leaves of the variegated rubber tree.
I have been pruning it since it seems to try and sprawl a bit.
If the variegated rubber tree.
Rubber plants are a popular houseplant choice due to their ease of care attractive foliage and tree like presence.
But indoors a rubber tree typically tops out at 6 to 10 feet tall.
Variegated rubber houseplant problems.
Variegated rubber plant has red midribs and bright creamy yellow margins on each leaf.
Rubber trees do not require much light but flourish in bright indirect light.
In the greenhouse taking pictures for our houseplant care book.
Mine grows in my office in an east south exposure where a trio of windows gives it a good amount of bright natural light all day.
Variegated rubber trees like well lit spots with indirect sunlight.
They re fast growers with the right light conditions and can last 15 years or more with proper care.
Perfect for all kinds of containers.
Many people put their rubber trees near a window where the light is filtered through a pair of sheer curtains.
Ficus elastica burgundy variegata ruby lined up in rows ready to be shipped out.
Few indoor plants are as easy to grow as rubber trees ficus elastica.
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It is now about 8 feet tall and 4 feet wide.
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.
Ideal lighting for a variegated rubber tree is a sunny spot shielded by a sheer curtain.
Until recently it stayed very small but after transplanting it to a bigger pot it has grown fast.
If the plant gets less light while leaves are growing the leaves will actually be larger.
Do not place a variegated rubber tree in shade it will lose the variegated markings.