Fiddle Leaf Fig (Ficus Lyrata)

Ordering: Plants available for in-store pickup usually within three hours or local Portland, OR shipping which can be scheduled Tuesday through Friday.

Common Name(s): fiddle leaf fig, banjo fig

Description: Large, heavily veined, green, violin-shaped leaves that grow upright on a tall plant. Rarely flowers indoors.

Light: Bright, indirect light.

Water: Water when dry.

Origins: Native to western Africa

Other Interesting Facts: In natural circumstances these trees begin life high in the branches of another tree, then sends roots down to the ground and it slowly strangles the host tree to death. Part of the Mulberry or Fig (Moraceae) family.