Its colorful, robust foliage arguably makes the Ficus elastica 'Shivereana' one of the best types of rubber plants to grow at home ...

You don't need any extensive houseplant experience to be successful with spider plant care. Simply select a spot with lots of ...

A rubber plant (Ficus elastica) is an easy-care houseplant that can be propagated by air layering or stem cuttings. In only a few weeks, you can make new plants to give away to friends or keep to ...

Rubber plants often become tall and leggy indoors as they strive to become trees. If such a houseplant is less appealing than desired, I always suggest a dramatic cutback to less than 12 inches ...

The Costa Farms rubber plant is on sale at Amazon today for 40 percent off its original price, so it’s now just $30. It might just be the next fiddle-leaf fig. Intelligencer ...

Use a clean, sharp knife to make a shallow cut around a stem. Make another shallow cut 1/2 to 1 inch up on the stem. Scrape the bark off between the cuts. Callous-type tissue will develop on the ...

The rubber tree is a tropical plant from northeast India and Indonesia. It grows over 100 feet tall; it drops a lot of big leaves and branches, and it produces too much shade for most plants to ...

Q: My rubber plant is top heavy, and the roots are coming out of the soil in the container. How do I trim it and root the limbs? I also have a tall schefflera that keeps falling over. How do I ...