Variegated Rubber Plant

The rubber tree or ficus elastica variegata is native to south asia and southeast asia.

Variegated rubber plant.

Variegated rubber tree leaves are a good indicator of plant health. Yellowing leaves near the bottom of the plant indicate too frequent watering while brown leaves and soil that pulls away from. Variegated rubber trees differ from regular rubber trees in their leaf color. Traditional rubber trees have dark green leaves but variegated rubber trees have leaves with shades of red yellow cream and green.

Rubber plants are a popular houseplant choice due to their ease of care attractive foliage and tree like presence. Photo from the lovely anna littleandlush. Perfect for bringing color and life to entry areas empty corners and mixed plant groupings. The rubber plant ficus elastica is a popular ornamental plant from the ficus genus.

A sister to ficus elastica ficus tineke is basically an impressionist rubber tree. In it s natural habitat it grows over 30 metres tall however the varieties grown indoors are a much more manageable height. In nature it can grow to heights of 30 45 feet and can spread up to 30 feet. Living indoors they usually grow to be about 6 10 feet tall.

They look like they belong in a joshua tree airbnb. Variegated rubber plant has red midribs and bright creamy yellow margins on each leaf.