Variegated Rubber Plant

From the moraceae plant family the rubber tree gets its name from its thick shiny rubbery leaves.

Variegated rubber plant.

Yellowing leaves near the bottom of the plant indicate too frequent watering while brown leaves and soil that pulls away from. Living indoors they usually grow to be about 6 10 feet tall. Traditional rubber trees have dark green leaves but variegated rubber trees have leaves with shades of red yellow cream and green. The rubber tree or ficus elastica variegata is native to south asia and southeast asia.

Photo from the lovely anna littleandlush. Perfect for bringing color and life to entry areas empty corners and mixed plant groupings. Pink painted leaves with white and green these babies are beautiful. Variegated rubber trees differ from regular rubber trees in their leaf color.

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. Variegated rubber tree leaves are a good indicator of plant health. The variegated rubber plant known as ficus elastica tineke is possibly one of the prettiest plants of this year.

In it s natural habitat it grows over 30 metres tall however the varieties grown indoors are a much more manageable height. In nature it can grow to heights of 30 45 feet and can spread up to 30 feet.