This is a rescue: few years back while taking the bus home from a shopping centre, when the bus stopped at a station for someone to get off, I saw this moulded straw pot with a twig in it, no leafs on said twig.
Took it home and thought if it survives, great, if not, at least it had a chance, placed it on the balcony in the shade, watered it and eventually leaves showed up.
Last year in October, moved in with my partner, and we have a big yard.
Had the mystery leafy twig in a full sun spot and the leaves browned and started to look pretty miserable.
Planted it in a place that still gets some afternoon sun, with gypsum, manure and Osmocote, then some home made mulch made of sugar cane plant we also have and acacia dead branches from a tree that lost a branch during the xmas mini tornado we had rip through our neighbourhood.
*The acacia branch took out our hills hoist, that has since been fixed.
I thought “if it lives, it lives.”
Now it’s thriving, but I still don’t know what it is, and now I’m thinking what if it’s some tree that will grow monster roots, and I need to replant it elsewhere?
Is it a fig tree?
***most of my plants are rescues, including a tiny cutting, that’s turned into a huge Queen of the Night that last time bloomed 8 flowers, and it’s still in the pot
Thank you
by redmagicwoman
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I’m in SE Qld
Dig it out quickly and put in a pot. That’s a ficus and can ruin pipes and foundations.
Ficus benghalensis, variegated “Audrey.”
So you were right – it’s a fig, and a tree that gets monster roots and needs to be pulled out and contained to a pot (with a paver underneath to stop those roots escaping back into the soil!)
They do also make for a nice patio or houseplant if you’ve got a really well lit room!
Looks a bit like my variegated ficus. Not 100% that it is, but definitely not a plant to have in the ground if you like your foundations intact