The Art of Bonsai

Tag: Ficus rubiginosa

  • Nearly 40 years

    This is a Ficus rubiginosa grown from seed collected by a friend while traveling in Australia. I bought the young tree from him about 40 years ago. The photo shows how the tree has evolved from the left side photo taken in 1985 to the right photo taken in 2019. Rubginosa is one of the…

  • One way to create a bonsai

    There are many ways to shape raw material into a bonsai. In this case the bonsai was created from a Ficus rubiginosa cutting. At first it was allowed to grow long and healthy in a large container. It was then chopped down to a short segment and it was allowed to grow for several years. Next stage…

  • Ficus ‘Little Ruby’

    Bonsai artist and friend Anthony Webb has a lot of experience growing figs and one in particular that he likes and finds fascinating. Here is Anthony’s summary about his experience with a Ficus rubiginosa ‘Little Ruby’ over 25 years. “Ficus rubiginosa var Little Ruby is native to Australia. A cultivar of Ficus rubiginosa (Port Jackson fig) was…

  • Defoliation of my Ficus rubiginosa, PJ fig

    I have had this fig for many years. In the last year or so I have just pinched out areas that needed restraining and left other areas to grow out to create heavier branches where needed. You can see the wide variation in the leaf size depending upon how the branch was maintained.