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Fiddle Leaf Fig

Ficus lyrata

  • Grows indoors
  • Toxic if eaten
Fiddle Leaf Fig (Ficus lyrata)

Photo: Forest & Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Bloom colours

green

What actually matters with this one

Rotate it a quarter turn weekly and dust the leaves. It grows towards light and sheds what it cannot use.

How to grow it

Light
full sun
Water
Even moisture
Hardiness
Indoors
Height
3 m
Flowers
Rare indoors
Difficulty
moderate

Where you will meet it

Plant it alongside

Relatives and plants that want the same conditions.