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The ficus & rubber plant file

The rest of the ficus family, reviewed honestly — the weeping fig that faints at every change, and the rubber plant that forgives almost anything.

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The famous fiddle gets all the attention; her two more sensible relatives do all the surviving. This 18-page field guide is an honest double review of the weeping fig (nervous, drops leaves at any change) and the rubber plant (the forgiving one — the fiddle's reasonable sibling). It decodes the leaf-drop grief cycle, forecasts the month she'll shed, explains the milky-sap safety rules, and settles dusting, topping and the braided-trunk trick. Warm, honest, ruthlessly practical.

  • · 18-page PDF
  • · Print-at-home
  • · Personal licence

What's inside

  • The honest double review
  • Both care cards, side by side, on one laminate-ready page
  • The leaf-drop grief cycle
  • The milky sap
  • Light per species & watering
  • The rubber plant's leaves
  • Tall or bushy, the braided-trunk truth, and the full variety tour
  • Two diaries, the write-in log, and the fridge-card + pot-stake cut-outs

Who's behind this

I'm not a botanist, and I don't have 150 plants — I keep a windowsill's worth, and I've killed a few learning how (a Calathea in eleven days is how this whole thing started). When something goes wrong I go down the rabbit hole: the studies, the extension-horticulture pages, the 2am forum threads, and every horror story plant people send in on @leafjournal on TikTok. These guides are that mix — hands-on experience checked against the research, cleaned up and told straight. No lab, no sponsorships, no “trust me.” Just what actually keeps a plant alive, so yours isn't the one that learns it the hard way.

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The ficus & rubber plant file

€15incl. VAT