I don’t know what the statistics may be–but it’s possible that one out of every three homes decorated with a few plants would have one of three of the most common varieties of a Ficus plant there. Chances are, too, that if you talked to the owner of a Ficus plant, he or she would ...
Bonsai trees, sometimes called plant art, are regular trees transformed into delicate appearing miniatures. The transformation process includes root restriction along with stem and root pruning. If you’ve ever marveled at a bonsai plant and secretly wanted to own one but were afraid to risk it, take heart. Indoor bonsai is a great way for ...
We recently turned our spare bedroom into an office, and a friend of mine got me a ficus to celebrate my new work space. And, nice gesture though it may be, this ficus is the most temperamental plant ever. A few days after its arrival, it dropped its leaves. Then it just started to look ...
Ficus have been around as houseplants for well over one hundred years now and their popularity shows no signs of waning. They tend to be easy to care for, happy plants and many of them are big enough to really make a decorative statement. The ficus family includes the edible fig (‘ficus’ means ‘fig’ in ...
