B.M., Houston A: Study the shape of the rubber tree (Ficus elastica) to determine where to prune to shape the plant. In early spring, remove up to 1/3 overall if necessary. Shorten overly long ...

When pruning, prune your rubber tree plants above the leaf node, not under. To avoid rubber plant leaves drooping completely, ...

Pruning or not pruning has nothing to do ... ixora, schefflera, copper plant and rubber tree -- do not obviously show cold damage. A dead woody stem can look much like a living woody stem ...

copper plant and rubber tree, can be picked off to make things look neater. If you can clearly determine what branches are dead on a woody plant, you can prune them back. Try scratching the bark ...

Plant power: George Hudson ... least half the cutting should be buried in the compost). If you are pruning your rubber tree and are short of space, you could arrange multiple cuttings in the ...

The Rubber Tree plant (Ficus elastica ... Start fertilizing when new growth appears in the spring and stop at the end of summer. In containers, plants need pruning to control height and shape.