Rubber Plant

Rubber Plant Overview

This houseplant wants to be in bright, indirect sunlight. Too much sun may harm the leaves, too little and your plant won't grow much! Place it somewhere it receives a couple of hours of direct sun at most. Variegated cultivars with colourful leaves will enjoy more sun compared to green-leaved plants. Commonly known as a Rubber Tree, it produces oval, leathery, dark green leaves up to 20cm long, they have a brilliant red colouring as they're growing! Ficus elastica is a tender evergreen tree species from the Moraceae family. Rubber plants like a moist, freely draining potting mix, using sand or perlite to improve drainage. Check if it needs a drink regularly and water when the pot feels light. It does well with being a bit pot-bound, so keep this in mind when repotting. On mature trees grown in open conditions, this F. elastica can reach heights of over 30m. They can produce oblong, yellow fruits from small white flowers with yellow centres. More often it's grown as a houseplant, rarely flowering or fruiting in household conditions. The sap of Ficus plants can be a skin and eye irritant; all plant parts can also cause stomach upset if consumed.