Ficus benjamina 'Pandora'
Weeping Fig 'Pandora'
This plant has arching, slender branches with shiny, pointed dark green leaves. There are variegated forms that have white or yellowish blotches. Ficus benjamina can be grown as a small tree or as a multi-stemmed bush. The leaves are very sensitive to small changes in light and if the plant is re-located, it will drop many of its leaves and replace them with new leaves adapted to the new light intensity. Variety 'Pandora' has dark-green, glossy leaves which are folded and curled. A small tree to large shrub it is easily kept in shape with occasional pruning.
Contributed by @ayeshamiamia
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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
Weeping Fig 'Pandora'
Latin name
Ficus benjamina 'Pandora'
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
1.50 M
3.00 M
Ficus benjamina 'Pandora'
This plant has arching, slender branches with shiny, pointed dark green leaves. There are variegated forms that have white or yellowish blotches. Ficus benjamina can be grown as a small tree or as a multi-stemmed bush. The leaves are very sensitive to small changes in light and if the plant is re-located, it will drop many of its leaves and replace them with new leaves adapted to the new light intensity. Variety 'Pandora' has dark-green, glossy leaves which are folded and curled. A small tree to large shrub it is easily kept in shape with occasional pruning.
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.
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