Ficus Panda
Ficus Panda
Ficus Panda is grown as an ornamental shrub but also makes an ideal bonsai plant and is often used as a hedging plant. It is evergreen with mid-green glossy leaves. It is unfussy about soil, needs minimum care and attention and with minimal trimming can be kept to the desired shape and size. In other words, the perfect plant.
Contributed by @archana1234
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Full sun to partial shade
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Very little water
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Not Frost hardy
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Moist and free draining
Common name
Ficus Panda
Latin name
Ficus Panda
type
Evergreen Shrub
family
Moraceae
ph
5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
Moist 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
1.00 M
1.80 M
Ficus Panda
Ficus Panda is grown as an ornamental shrub but also makes an ideal bonsai plant and is often used as a hedging plant. It is evergreen with mid-green glossy leaves. It is unfussy about soil, needs minimum care and attention and with minimal trimming can be kept to the desired shape and size. In other words, the perfect plant.
Planting
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
Panda likes dry sunny sites, the soil dry or drained. Excessive growth has to be limited to promote the fruiting. It thrives in both sandy and rocky soil. As the sun is really important it is better to avoid shades. To encourage good fruit crops, it is best to restrict the roots thus if planting outdoors, dig a hole 3 ft square and line it with bricks or, sink the plant in a 12 inch pot directly into the ground. This should be lifted every couple of years and any roots growing through the drain holes should be pruned.
Propagation 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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