Black Rubber Tree

But indoors a rubber tree typically tops out at 6 to 10 feet tall.

Black rubber tree. 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. Native to south east asia the rubber tree grows on the edge of tropical rain forests. 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. 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.

You can propagate a new rubber tree plant from a cutting. 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. Want an easy care indoor tree with large glossy leaves. About the rubber tree houseplant.

These rubber plant care and growing tips will keep yours looking great. Department of agriculture hardiness zones 10b and 11. Although it s native to asia it will grow outdoors in the warm climates of u s. Rubber plants can grow up to 100 feet in their native homeland of southeast asia.

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. However when you grow rubber tree indoors as a houseplant it only grows up to 2 m 6 8 feet tall. 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. They re fast growers with the right light conditions and can last 15 years or more with proper care.

It s been slightly pushed aside and i think now s the. It can grow up to 30 m above 100 feet high in its native conditions. 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. Rubber tree plant information.