Ficus Elastica With attractive dark foliage, the Ficus Elastica is, in some ways, elastic: It's flexible enough to grow in a myriad of ways. "You can grow these to stand perfectly straight up for ...

Plant these tree varieties for good luck Here’s how these feng shui and native plants can bring positive energy to your home by George Reno February 12, 2024 5:01 pm Updated July 9, 2025 10:19 pm ...

More than 150 coleus varieties, including all of the above, are available through a nursery in Michigan (rosydawngardens.com). Ordering starts Dec. 1 and plants are shipped in April and May.

Gardeners living in USDA Hardiness Zones 8 to 10 can grow figs of all varieties outdoors. Lucky! The rest of us ficus family lovers (i.e., those in Zones 7 or below) have to grow figs in pots. Not ...

More than 1,600 mature street trees in Long Beach and tens of thousands throughout Southern California are susceptible to a new, deadly fungal strain that kills at alarming speed and threatens to ...

Joyce, who’s done extensive work for the Edison & Ford Winter Estates’ historic trees, including many ficus varieties, spent the better part of Thursday morning examining the tree. Clipboard ...

The Tree of 40 Fruit looks like any other tree. But in the spring, it blossoms with varieties of cherry, peach, plum and other stone fruit.

My ficus tree is in a large pot on a shaded patio. It looks great except that the new leaves are folding up and look almost like peapods. I opened the leaves and saw little black bugs.

Rubber Tree Marina Meshcherskaia / GETTY IMAGES Rubber tree (Ficus elastica) has both variegated and non-variegated varieties, giving you options when choosing one for your home.