Los Angeles Times

Finicky foliage

For 15 years Nancy Borun has been growing gold-and-green abutilon, green-and-white beech, spattered geranium, splashed ivy, striped bamboo. It hasn’t always been easy. Variegated plants, which have ...
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I made these 3 changes to save my variegated rubber plant from losing all of its foliage – here's how you can stop leaf drop, too

Collecting unique houseplants is one of my favorite hobbies and Ficus Elastica 'Tineke', or variegated rubber plant, is one I wanted for a very long time. It's has the most beautiful creamy colours ...
Daily Monitor

Two trees to consider this March

Are you too busy to tinker around your garden, but need a mature one? Then you will need fast-growing, maintenance-free trees. Hakim Babara, a Gardening Consultant, recommends the Variegated Ficus ...
Orlando Sentinel

FICUS TRUNKS FUSE WITH PROPER CARE

QUESTION: I recently braided three young variegated Ficus Benjaminas into one plaited trunk. There are little spaces between; will the individual stems grow together? ANSWER: Yes. Ficus stems have the ...