Ficus Rubiginosa Bonsai Care

Daily spraying of plants with water at room temperature is required especially in winter.
Ficus rubiginosa bonsai care. Ficus rubiginosa the rusty fig or port jackson fig damun in the dharug language is a species of flowering plant native to eastern australia in the genus ficus beginning as a seedling that grows on other plants hemiepiphyte or rocks f. Ficus is one of the most popular trees for indoor bonsai. It is an excellent tree for beginners and pros alike. On the left a root cutting of ficus mystery center is the cutting wired for shape right is the bonsai design beginning to take shape this entry was posted in root cutting thin trunk and tagged ficus mystery thin trunk.
Ficus rubiginosa the port jackson or rusty fig is one of the best ficus for bonsai. The banyan style roots are commonly trained in a root over rock style. Ginseng ficus naturally grows in warm moist climates. Under bonsai cultivation it is a vigorous tree that will shape into a lovely bonsai as it has leaves that reduce well as well as the ability to produce aerial roots.
In the room most often up to 1 m. The ficus varieties grow quickly and have evergreen. First find a good place for your tree. In nature up to 4 m high.
Place it somewhere that won t get too cold and out of any drafts that could suck moisture from its leaves. It can be kept outside in summer if temperatures are above 15 degrees c 59f and it needs lots of light full sun is ideal in the house as well as outside if the tree is exposed to the ultraviolet radiation gradually or if it is defoliated before placing the tree outside. The plant tolerates a lack of moisture better than the excess. Specific bonsai care guidelines for the ficus bonsai position.
64 4 73 4 f in winter about 60 8 f although the rusty ficus also tolerates lower temperatures for a short time. It is always necessary to pour water out of the pan and prevent moisture stagnation. Rubiginosa matures into a tree 30 m 100 ft high and nearly as wide with a yellow brown buttressed trunk the leaves are oval and glossy green and. They tolerate low light and humidity of a heated or air conditioned house.
Certain cultivars of fig ficus spp make excellent bonsai particularly the small leaved varieties such as ficus benjamina and ficus retusa. The ficus bonsai tree is an indoor bonsai which cannot endure frost. This species is native to australia and naturally grows to be a large landscape tree. Ginseng ficus bonsai care is simple and minimal making this a perfect choice for anyone who is new to bonsai.