These plants were among the 620 cuttings taken from the four beloved “ficus benjamina” trees that adorned the lobby of the Noel Wien Library for so many years. Also known as weeping fig trees ...

But the Ficus benjamina beckoned. “I didn’t know a ton about it when I bought it,” said Roth of the plant, also known as the weeping fig, that she brought home that day.

SUNRISE Ficus nitada is about to become flora non grata. So, too, is its sister ficus, benjamina. The two species of ficus trees grow too big, damage sprinkler systems and patios and are a danger t… ...

Ficus trees (Ficus benjamina) and rubber plants (Ficus elastica) can grow to more than 30 metres in a garden if not regularly maintained. For most suburban gardens, this can be too large.

Everybody seems to hate ficus hedges, and yet most of us have them. They make a fast-growing privacy screen – after all, they are frustrated ficus benjamina trees. And they keep growing if you ...