I am sure we have all had this Rubber plant as a house plant, and some of us might have put it in to the garden!Hubby and I went for a drive today and ended up at a pub in Budgewoi N.S.W. Only a few kilometers from our own suburb. We got talking to the now owner, and he said that this *plant* was put into a garden bed only 20 years ago. The garden bed has long gone, and the tree now provides a good shaded area for drinkers and those having food from the restaurant. I am no good with doing measurements by eye, but hubby reckons it would be around 20 metres high and about 30 metres across.
Here is some info about this Rubber Plant.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus_elastica
Thank you Wiki, and thank you Google images for the picture below.
Are you going to put yours outside now?
Okay, I am sure , if you live in cooler climates than we do here.
Please, do Google Budgewoi N.S.W. And
see this wonderful area I live in.
The Central Coast has old and new suburbs,
Budgewoi being on the lake and the sea.
We have been here now some 21 years and not once had a frost. YAY.
