Ficus Salicifolia Bonsai

Willow leaf ficus ficus nerifolia salisafolia how to take proper care of your indoor bonsai tree.

Ficus salicifolia bonsai. Care instructions ficus willow leaf. Chinese banyan ficus retusa nitida and or green island. Willow leaf fig ficus salicifolia. The willow leaf fig is known in bonsai as ficus salicifolia and ficus neriifolia none of witch is scientific names.

Bonsai boy of new york. Since then the correct name has been much discussed and often debated by scientists as well as bonsai people. Ficus salicifolia also known as ficus neriifolia regularis willow leaf fig and narrow leaf fig amongst others is an evergreen tropical species of fig which originated in indonesia. Weeping fig ficus benjamina including varieties such as kiki too little several others and creeping fig ficus microcarpa pumila repens the most popular variety of which is minima ficus have several characteristics which have helped them to survive over the centuries.

Ficus neriifolia regularis salicifolia common name. At that time a friend researched the tree and identified it as ficus nerifolia later it became f. The true ficus salicifolia is a native of south africa and has a willow shaped leaf similar to our willow leaf fig but the leaf is larger and the tree. The four most commonly used for bonsai cultivation include.

Its light to dark gray trunk thickens well and aerial roots develop from the trunk and branches in humid shady environments.