How to tend a Ficus benjamina
Also known as: Urostigma neglectum Miq., Urostigma nitidum Miq., Urostigma nitidum Gasp., Ficus benjamina var. bracteata Corner, Ficus benjamina var. comosa (Roxb.) Kurz, Ficus benjamina subsp. comosa (Roxb.) Panigrahi & Murti, Ficus benjamina var. haematocarpa (Blume ex Decne.) Miq., Ficus benjamina var. nuda (Miq.) M.F.Barrett, Ficus benjamina f. warringiana M.F.Barrett, Ficus comosa Roxb., Ficus cuspidato-caudata Hayata, Ficus dictyophylla Wall., Ficus haematocarpa Decne., Ficus lucida Hort.Berol. ex Kunth & C.D.Bouché, Ficus neglecta Decne., Ficus nepalensis Blanco, Ficus nitida Thunb., Ficus notobor Buch.-Ham. ex Wall., Ficus nuda (Miq.) Miq., Ficus papyrifera Griff., Ficus parvifolia Oken, Ficus pendula Link, Ficus pyrifolia Salisb., Ficus reclinata Desf., Ficus retusa var. nitida (Thunb.) Miq., Ficus striata Roth, Ficus umbrina Elmer, Ficus xavieri Merr., Ficus retusa f. nitida (Thunb.) King, Ficus benjamina var. comosa King, Urostigma benjaminum (L.) Miq., Urostigma haematocarpum Miq., Ficus benjamina var. bracteata Yamazaki, Ficus benjamina var. benjamina , Urostigma benjaminum var. nudum (Miq.) Miq., Urostigma nudum Miq.
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Likes wet environments, water thoroughly when soil is dry, avoid saturated water
Sunlight
Like sunshine, avoid scorching light
Soil
Soil with loose texture or soil with specific nutrients
Fertilizer
Need more fertilization, apply 1-2 times monthly, reduce fertilizers in winter
Pruning
Remove excessively grown, dead and disease branches timely
About this plant
- Origin
- Tropical Asia
- Category
- Moraceae, Ficus
- Size
- Diameter ⥠25 cm, height ⥠30 cm
- Blooming period
- Foliage plants, rarely flowers
- Flower colors
- Leaf color green, some cultivar golden yellow to yellow green
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