Tiny ficus Pumila White Sunny (FicusPumilaWhiteSunny) for his unpretentiousness and unusual variegated coloring, he deserved the love of both experienced and novice flower growers.
In this article we will describe in detail about the conditions of its content and features of breeding.
General botanical name: Dwarf ficus, creeping ficus, FicusPumilaLinnaeus
Common name: ClimbingFicus or ClimbingFig (Curly Fig Tree), CreepingFicus or CreepingFicus (Creeping Fig Tree)
Genus Ficus, subgenus Sinoecia
Synonyms: Ficus creeping (F. repensHort), Ficus stipustic (F. slipulantaTbunb.).
Plant appearance
The homeland of this baby is the humid tropics and forests of Southeast Asia, China, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam and the Philippines.
Several of its species are found in high-altitude areas at heights above 2000m
This evergreen creeping herb with creeping and climbing shoots with adventitious roots.
Dwarf ficus is a beautiful plant with a very tenacious stem, capable of clinging to any vertical surface.
Due to adventitious roots, the plant is rooted easily and grows quickly over mountainous terrain and sheer cliffs.
Now the plant has spread widely and is used as a decorative for the decoration of the facades of estates, fences, various decorative figures and compositions.
Ficus-baby leaves, small, oval-shaped, up to 3 cm in length and up to 2 cm in width with brownish lateral leaves, cuttings up to 4 cm.
FicusPumilaWhiteSunny ("Snow-White Sled") is a subspecies of dwarf ficus and is distinguished by a white-and-milk stripe along the edge of the leaves.
This is different from other similar varieties. Ficuspumilawhite ("Snow White"), the milky edging on its foliage is not intermittent, but continuous.
A photo
In the photo ficus "Pumila White Sunny":
Home care
Care after purchase
Juvenile (sterile) form of dwarf ficus with delicate small leaves is grown in room conditions.
After the acquisition, the plant can be planted in a separate pot or planted to another species, for example, to Benjamin's ficus.
The dwarf baby will hang beautifully in a pot and curl any surface, snag, or artificial stone in the aquarium.
Not bad grows and multiplies the plant and on the windowsill.
To increase the humidity, the ficus can be placed in a container with wet expanded clay.
IMPORTANT! The ampoule form of the plant is more labor-intensive in cultivation and requires more careful care and frequent spraying several times a day.
Sort PumilaWhiteSunny is particularly sensitive to the light mode.
Inadequate lighting can badly affect the color of ficus, and the plant will begin to lose its elegant white-green color.
IMPORTANT: The plant is very sensitive to various stresses (abrupt changes in temperature, lighting, improper transplantation), which lead to a sharp increase in pure green leaves.To avoid the loss of colorful paint, shoots with green leaves must be promptly removed.
It is likely that in the sinuses there are buds with white leaves.
Watering
The plant needs abundant moisture, a clod of soil should be constantly slightly moist, the ground above should be slightly dried.
This is explained by the fact that the dwarf ficus collects moisture only from the top layer of soil. Drainage should be placed at the bottom of the pot to prevent excessive moisture.
In winter, watering should be significantly reduced, after the earth dries out on the surface, wait 3-4 days until the next watering.
ATTENTION! It is necessary to ensure that the clod of earth in the pot always remains slightly wet, while not allowing the waterlogging of the soil.When dry, the plant can dramatically lose all the leaves, while the root system remains viable.
Bloom
In room climate does not bloom. In the natural environment and in greenhouses gives syconia - soft green fruits in the form of pear-shaped berries, which, when ripe, acquire a bright yellow color.
The fruits are not edible, in some countries used in medicine.
In Japan, a decoction of the leaves treats elevated blood sugar and high blood pressure.
Crown formation
In the spring, it is necessary to cut the shoots to form a magnificent crown.
Low acidic, fertile or neutral soil is needed: 1 part turf, 1 part leaf, ½ part sand.
Charcoal can be added to the soil.
Also for PumilaWhiteSunny Nutrient neutral mixtures with an acidity level of Ph 5.5 - 7.5 are suitable.
Most often, the plant grows well in a universal nutrient primer.
Planting and transplanting
Plants up to 3 years old should be replanted once a year, the optimal period is February-March.
The substrate should not be deep, but on the contrary - rather low and wide.
Older plants are transplanted once every 3-5 years.
Also, for an adult plant, not transplant, and replace only the top layer of soil.
Feeding is carried out from March to August alone. once in 14 days.
Breeding
Propagated by the upper cuttings with two or three developed leaves, they are excellently rooted in water or directly in the soil.
It is best to plant cuttings in the ground with soil heating, while covering the ground with a film.
Also successfully propagated by layering.
REFERENCE: Layer - a method that is used for vegetative propagation of plants, when the shoots are not cut, but pressed to the soil in another pot or on a neighboring garden bed.
Temperature
Air temperature is necessary in summer 15-25 ° Cin winter not lower 7 ° C.
The variety PumilaWhiteSunny is more thermophilic among other species due to the bright color of the leaves.
Benefit and harm
The plant is quite aggressive, and can destroy its support, penetrating the rhizomes into the wood.
In the US, creeping ficus grows in Texas and California, and American gardeners complain about the difficulty in pruning and high speed
sprawl plants, from which it is very difficult to get rid of.
In Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese medicine, leaves and shoots are used to treat certain diseases.
Diseases and pests
Ficus PumilaWhiteSunny is rarely exposed to the invasion of harmful insects and parasites, but in the dry, hot air, spider mites can attack.
In the event of a tick attack, the ficus should be gently washed under hot water. (no more than 40 - 44 ° C) a stream of water or, with dense foliage, pour shoots with a warm stream of water.
The procedure should be repeated 2-3 times, until the absolute removal of insects.
The first sign of mite is a thin web on the foliage and shoots.
Its appearance causes a high temperature and insufficient air humidity.
- the plant quickly dropped the leaves - an overabundance of moisture in the soil, a change in temperature, drafts;
- ficus leaves turned yellow - poorly functioning root activity due to solid or, on the contrary, marshy ground;
- leaves shrivel - direct exposure to sunlight, dried and hot air, complete drying of the earthy coma.
The most common diseases are:Tiny and elegant dwarf ficus PumilaWhiteSunny requires a minimum of care.
At observance of the correct temperature and light conditions it will actively grow and please you with elegant greenish-white foliage.
