Selling size: Well rooted plant | Pot Included

FICUS ALTISSIMA PLANT CARE AND PROPAGATION

If youre in love with ficus trees and are looking for a fun new variety to add to your collection, try Ficus altissima! This gorgeous tree will be the perfect addition to your home and brighten up your space with its gorgeous leaves. Also called the council tree or lofty fig, Ficus altissima is native to the tropics of Southeast Asia and can reach up to 100 feet tall outdoors. (Dont worry, it will only reach about 6 feet indoors so it wont burst through your roof.) This epiphytic plant typically grows on other trees and puts down aerial roots to reach the ground and eventually support itself, much like the Indian Banyan tree. Also like the famed Banyan tree, Ficus altissima can grow very wide in its native habitat. The oblong, slightly pointed leaves of Ficus altissima look similar to those of a rubber tree, but not quite as rounded, and typically with mo