Ficus Species, Chinese Banyan, Cuban Laurel, Green Island Fig, Indian Laurel Fig, Tiger Bark Ficus
Ficusmicrocarpa
Synonym
Ficus
microcarpa var. crassifolia
Ficus
microcarpa var. fuyuensis
Ficus
microcarpa var. latifolia
Ficus
microcarpa var. naumannii
Ficus
microcarpa var. nitida
Border of Zone 8B-9A bought a small Ficus ginseng for a few $ at Walmart. Three years later, it was 6 ft. tall in a 15 gal. pot. It wa...Read More
The Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council has listed this species as a Category 1 invasive.
This is sometimes sold under the e...Read More
According to Sunset's book of Western Gardening, F.microcarpa can be distinguished from F. nitida in that Ficus microcarpa foliage weeps...Read More
i have a few of these as bonsai they can be quite hard to control without proper pruning
As per the above posting, I found one of these in my yard last winter at our second home in SW Florida. I actually had an arborist come t...Read More
The Laurel Fig or Indian Laurel (Ficus microcarpa) is very invasive in central and southern Florida, especially from zone 9b (from Fort P...Read More
In our village we have two huge banyans planted just a bit over 50 years ago in honor of two of the village's young men killed during WWI...Read More
When I was a child, my parents removed the last banyan in our yard as its roots threatened the house foundation. The stump (about 4 feet ...Read More
This species is much safer planted in So Cal, where it is almost planted too often. Fortunately we don't appear to have that evil spread...Read More
This is a monumental fig tree, reaching up to 20m tall or more, with a vigorous sculptural trunk. It ressembles the Weeping Fig "Ficus be...Read More