Ficus aurea
Strangler Fig
Ficus aurea - the Florida strangler fig, golden fig, or higuerón, - is a large tree native to the U.S. state of Florida, the northern and western Caribbean, southern Mexico and Central America south to Panama. It sometimes grows semi-epiphytically on cypress (Taxodium) or cabbage palms (Sabal palmetto) gradually strangling them and becoming a tree itself . It can flower all year round, and the flowers are followed by red or yellow stalkless figs, soft when ripe.
Contributed by @slj
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Partial shade to deep shade
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Very little water
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Not Frost hardy
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Light and free draining
Common name
Strangler Fig
Latin name
Ficus aurea
type
Evergreens
family
Moraceae
ph
5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Partial shade to deep shade
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
Light and free draining
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Water
Very little water
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
full grown dimensions
20.00 M
25.00 M
Ficus aurea
Ficus aurea - the Florida strangler fig, golden fig, or higuerón, - is a large tree native to the U.S. state of Florida, the northern and western Caribbean, southern Mexico and Central America south to Panama. It sometimes grows semi-epiphytically on cypress (Taxodium) or cabbage palms (Sabal palmetto) gradually strangling them and becoming a tree itself . It can flower all year round, and the flowers are followed by red or yellow stalkless figs, soft when ripe.
Planting young plants
From Early Winter TO Late Winter
The various species of ficus require different winter temperatures but they all grow in 4-12 inch pots, according to size, containing potting compost number 2 or a proprietary peat compost. For Benjamina, in winter, provide a temperature of 16 -18C.
Propogation by cuttings
From Early Spring TO Early Summer
Increase by cuttings or air layering. Take 2-4 inches of lateral shoots from early spring to early summer insert in equal parts peat and sand and place in a propogating frame with a temperature of 16-18C. When rooted pot into 3 inch pots of the growing compost.
johnson8301
slj
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