That is one beautiful plant!!! Now I want one!!!

It looks so healthy and happy :) I have one of those too. I didn't know what it was called lol. I had a different one several years ago that went from a 4 inch pot to 8ft. It froze one winter on our back patio..not sure why, it wasn't all that cold but it never recovered. I finally found another one this spring. Its about 2 ft now. They are so pretty!

Reminds me of that song by Kaiser Chiefs Ruby (Ruby Ruby Ruby) lol. Now that song is gonna be going through my head :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qObzgUfCl28

Thanks!. Remember there are a few variegated Rubber tree's out there. Some have the creamy leaves and new reddish color,BUT, that disappears quickly and you have a plainer cream and yellow plant. Those also seem to be more tender and much slower growing. I tried them!

Ruby is reddish all the time,all year and has never shown a burnt leaf from any light frost. "Variegata" does burn,and even in a frost free winter,it sheds old leafs in spring and summer. Messy.

So, either look for the label 'Ruby'or take a chance.

I didn't realize that rubber trees are ficus. I have an 8 foot tall Ruby, with thick 6"-8" leaves and few branches. It looked great on my coffee table when I bought it. I'm not strong enough to carry it now; neither is my coffee table. Ruby is still in a pot because rubber trees get really large here and spread voraciously.

My green/white Ficus variegata (on the other hand) has thin leaves less than 2" long with lots of branches. They hardly look related at all! These are expected to behave themselves, so it's planted in the ground.

It would really be something to see this in Hawaii with banyon roots and huge spread. Normally variegated plants are easier to tame with pruning..but Ruby seems so vigorous that I think you might not be able to keep up with it. Maybe,if you tried and pruned hard?