These awesome Types of Rubber Plant look great with their waxy foliage, and you can also easily propagate them from cuttings. They thrive on neglect and also remove pollutants from the indoor air.

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Best Types of Rubber Plant

1. Robusta

Botanical Name: Ficus elastica ‘Robusta’

‘Robusta’ is a hardy ficus elastica variety with leathery large green foliage. It can easily withstand low humidity indoors and also attains a good height of 4-6 feet.

2. Tricolor

Botanical Name: Ficus elastica ‘Tricolor’

This beautiful variety features bright, variegated, thick leathery leaves with a waxy surface. The foliage has an awesome combination of green, pink, and cream.

3. Tineke

Botanical Name: Ficus elastica ‘Tineke’

It is a variegated variety displaying dark and light green patchy leaves with creamy margins and pink stems. The plant looks fabulous in small planters.

4. Decora

Botanical Name: Ficus elastica ‘Decora’

Decora is popular for shiny, thick, dark green leaves that can grow up to a foot long. The plant looks quite beautiful in basket planters.

5. Doescheri

Botanical Name: Ficus elastica ‘Doescheri’

It offers evergreen blotched foliage with narrow edges in a cream-white hue. The leaf stalk has a midrib with pink undersides.

6. Burgundy

Botanical Name: Ficus elastica ‘Burgundy’

As the name suggests, ‘Burgundy’ exhibits deep, thick, burgundy to almost black foliage on the red stems. Give it bright light and ample humidity for the best foliage color.

7. Abidjan

Botanical Name: Ficus elastica ‘Abidjan’

The large glossy leaves of this ficus elastica are flushed in a burgundy-bronze hue. It is also one of the best plants for filtering and purifying indoor air.

8. Melany

Botanical Name: Ficus elastica ‘Melany’

The deep glossy green leaves of this specimen have a slight burgundy hue to them. It grows dense and does well in lower light conditions.

9. Red Ruby

Botanical Name: Ficus ‘Belize’

This charming variety offers large dark green leaves densely variegated with purple, red, and white hues. The new leaves emerge in a brilliant shade of pink-red.

10. Yellow Gem

Botanical Name: Ficus altissima ‘Yellow Gem’

This bold and beautiful rubber plant has leathery, green-centered leaves with a golden-green hue at the borders. It is easy to grow and looks great in large planters.

Here’s everything you need to know about growing rubber plants

  • angie
  • January 12, 2022 At 11:39 pm
  • How to clean leaf of rubber plant
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  • Isha
  • January 13, 2022 At 8:29 am
  • What’s the difference between Tricolor and Red Ruby? Reply will be appreciated ❤️
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  • Kae
  • September 2, 2022 At 5:23 am
  • The tricolor is a crossbred of the ruby, tineke and the Doescheri.
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  • Vern
  • February 14, 2022 At 4:13 am
  • A microfiber dusting cloth works extremely well on the sturdy leaves.
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  • Leila
  • July 13, 2022 At 8:26 pm
  • Does anyone know if I can pinch my ficus as it’s growing straight up and I want it to branch out
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  • Renee
  • August 11, 2022 At 5:40 pm
  • Yes pinching the tip will make it branch out. Wait 1-2 months for the new branch. But if your rubber plant is more than 4 feet high, it may be best to marcot the top half. Lots of instruction videos on YouTube.
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  • winnie villegas del rosario
  • September 23, 2022 At 1:29 pm
  • How to order po?
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How to clean leaf of rubber plant

  • Kae
  • September 2, 2022 At 5:23 am
  • The tricolor is a crossbred of the ruby, tineke and the Doescheri.
  • Reply

What’s the difference between Tricolor and Red Ruby? Reply will be appreciated ❤️

The tricolor is a crossbred of the ruby, tineke and the Doescheri.

A microfiber dusting cloth works extremely well on the sturdy leaves.

  • Renee
  • August 11, 2022 At 5:40 pm
  • Yes pinching the tip will make it branch out. Wait 1-2 months for the new branch. But if your rubber plant is more than 4 feet high, it may be best to marcot the top half. Lots of instruction videos on YouTube.
  • Reply

Does anyone know if I can pinch my ficus as it’s growing straight up and I want it to branch out

Yes pinching the tip will make it branch out. Wait 1-2 months for the new branch. But if your rubber plant is more than 4 feet high, it may be best to marcot the top half. Lots of instruction videos on YouTube.

How to order po?

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