Indoor Plants Weeping Fig

Propagating weeping fig take a 3 to 5 inch cutting that contains at least two sets of leaves from the tip of a healthy branch.

Indoor plants weeping fig.

Keep your indoor potted weeping fig house plants green and growing. It has arching branches and long pointed leaves and while it doesn t usually produce flowers or fruit when grown indoors it is a simple to care for plant that grows with relative ease. Set the container in a spot with. It can be grown as a tall indoor tree with leafless braided trunks or a tall bushy indoor plant or even as a short pot plant.

The leaves on the all green variety are unremarkable and because the weeping fig is not a flowering houseplant its main attraction is the overall shape. Ficus benjamina or as it s more commonly known the weeping fig is a common indoor houseplant which comes in multiple different looks and styles. Not a good choice if you are new to tropical house plants. It will express its discomfort by dropping leaves and fast growing.

Embed the end of the cutting in a container filled with moistened peat moss. Surprisingly despite its amazing popularity and ubiquitous presence it is not what i consider an easy indoor plant then again most plants for me are not easy indoors. They are happy in one spot do not move your ficus often. The ficus is a top rated plant filter for formaldehyde.

Cover the container with a large plastic. Weeping figs can look striking and elegant in almost every setting. Weeping fig tree or ficus benjamina is a fairly easy plant once you get it through initial acclimation. Probably the most commonly grown tree indoors throughout the world is the weeping fig ficus benjamina.

This plant has a modest appearance and is offered at a reasonable price.