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Hardiness: USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F) USDA Zone 10a: to -1.1 °C (30 °F) USDA Zone 10b: to 1.7 °C (35 °F) USDA Zone 11: above 4.5 °C (40 °F)
Other details: May be a noxious weed or invasive This plant is suitable for growing indoors Requires consistently moist soil; do not let dry out between waterings This plant is resistant to deer
Soil pH requirements: 6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic) 6.6 to 7.5 (neutral) 7.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline)
Patent Information: Non-patented
Propagation Methods: From herbaceous stem cuttings From softwood cuttings
On Aug 11, 2011, newplanter313 from Highland Park, MI wrote:
I purchased two of these plants at English Gardens and one of them began turning brown and crispy the very next day. The tag on the plant indicated that the soil needed to be kept moist, I usually water plants once a week. This plant seems to need a lot more attention that my other plants. I'm sure that I won't purchase these again.
On Nov 2, 2007, sallyg from Anne Arundel,, MD (Zone 7a) wrote:
My mother-in-law has a small houseplant of this that is doing well for her. She has an east window and tends to keep her plants pretty moist all the time. Its cute with very small leaves, about a half-inch.
On Apr 10, 2006, kbaumle from Northwest, OH (Zone 5b) wrote:
Bought this as a houseplant in a hanging basket from Walmart about a month or so ago. I have had problems with it ever since I got it. It seems to be 'crispy' and loses leaves, yet if I up the watering on it, that doesn't help it either, they just get mushy. It's surviving, but doesn't seem to be an easy plant to please, as a houseplant. I noticed the last time I was in Walmart, that theirs looked even worse than mine, like they were breathing their last, and they had them on clearance.
On Sep 18, 2001, tiG from Newnan, GA (Zone 8a) wrote:
Ficus pumila 'Variegata' is a variegated evergreen vine that clings to any surface. Covers exposed areas, good for groundcover also. Low water requirement once established. Mature height can reach 40 feet.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Montgomery, Alabama Phoenix, Arizona Castro Valley, California Clovis, California Ripon, California San Diego, California Chuluota, Florida Haverhill, Florida Jacksonville, Florida Miami, Florida Pembroke Pines, Florida Las Vegas, Nevada Conway, South Carolina Coppell, Texas Copperas Cove, Texas Montgomery, Texas Pecan Grove, Texas Wells Branch, Texas
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