Anna - I have two in the ground. One is a runt, in full shade, and not doing much. The other is now over 10' tall and gets quite a bit of sun.

Thanks, Ricky. Does the one in sun get direct sun or filtered thru other trees? Are they phased by cold? Do you think the runt doesn't grow because of the full shade or is there any other factor?

Anna

The one in the sun gets it directly, mostly at midday.
No affects from the few cold spells it's weathered in three years.
The runt is a bit of a joke, it's planted at the base of another ficus - Ficus elastica "Decora", the rubber tree - so it's not getting much in the way of water, nutrients or sunlight. I'm treating it as a bonsai.

Wow, I'm surprised it tolerates that much sun. I guess I thought it was a shade thing. I think some grow it indoors. I assume it will do shade? What do you think, Ricky? I'm glad cold is not an issue.Thank-you.

Anna

I got one from Ricky a few years back and grow it as a houseplant. I love the leaves! I think it will tolerate a lot of abuse, at least it does in my house.

Several of our club members have these planted
in the ground here in St. Pete
and I know of one in Safety Harbor.
At the most, they will drop their leaves if it gets too cold, but they recover pretty quickly.
The one at "T's" house is planted in full sun, but the roots are shades by a mound of lantana........cheryl

Here are my two. The first picture is the 'runt'. The next two shots are from below, the highest leaves are about 15'. I'm training this as a single leader tree and hope to get it to around 30'.

As with every plant and tree in the garden, this one comes with a story. I bought it from David McLean 4 or 5 years ago. One of the 2004 hurricanes took it out of the ground and there was no way to stand it back up. I cut it where the bend is in the picture, about 8" from the ground. The current trunk is the heartiest of the suckers, now with a diameter of almost 5".

Ricky, your large one is the prettiest I've seen. Much nicer than the one at Selby. You did a great job in recreating it. I'm surprised it has grown that fast. I was under the impression it would be rather slow. I always learn so much posting here.

Here's a photo of my little guy. Cute, huh?

Cheryl, thanks for the cold hardiness info. I'm glad they recover well. Mine will be in filtered sun/ bright shade, so I hope it will do ok. Lady, I'm glad to know they can take neglect, cuz that's usually what happens around here.

Anna

I've had my triangularis since it was purchased as a hanging basket in 1980 - since that time I kept re-potting it as needed until I was up to a 30 gal tub. Planted it directly in the ground at my new home 7 years ago and now it is approximately 35 feet tall. No special treatment, live in Venice, Florida. It just drops leaves when the temperature gets suddenly cooler. Wonderfully beautiful shade tree. Don't know what I'd do without it!

Mine is over ten years old and about ten feet high. Nothing bothers it. It is delightful when the berrys or nut-like seeds (whatever they are) fall. It sounds like rain.
thea

I purchased a variegated Ficus triangularis the other day for about $50 and will use it for photographing chameleons. Online I see that it is being sold in 3.5 inch pots for $50. I guess I got a good deal. Is this plant fairly easy to propogate? I would like to create more plants from it for several of my chameleons and cannot see spending $50 for each one.

Here is a link that might be useful: Chameleon Education & Outreach, Inc.