Variegated Rubber Plant

Living indoors they usually grow to be about 6 10 feet tall.

Variegated rubber plant.

Photo from the lovely anna littleandlush. The variegated rubber plant known as ficus elastica tineke is possibly one of the prettiest plants of this year. In nature it can grow to heights of 30 45 feet and can spread up to 30 feet. Rubber plants are a popular houseplant choice due to their ease of care attractive foliage and tree like presence.

A sister to ficus elastica ficus tineke is basically an impressionist rubber tree. In it s natural habitat it grows over 30 metres tall however the varieties grown indoors are a much more manageable height. The rubber plant ficus elastica is a popular ornamental plant from the ficus genus. Variegated rubber trees differ from regular rubber trees in their leaf color.

They look like they belong in a joshua tree airbnb. Traditional rubber trees have dark green leaves but variegated rubber trees have leaves with shades of red yellow cream and green. Yellowing leaves near the bottom of the plant indicate too frequent watering while brown leaves and soil that pulls away from. The rubber tree or ficus elastica variegata is native to south asia and southeast asia.

Variegated rubber plant has red midribs and bright creamy yellow margins on each leaf. From the moraceae plant family the rubber tree gets its name from its thick shiny rubbery leaves.