Yes it is. It's a variegated Ficus Benjamina.

Lots of light, fast draining mix and it would prefer an RH above 50%.

http://forums2.gardenweb.com/discussions/1476078/ficus-trees-in-containers-iv?n=223

Great link Dave. I have to drive the 75 miles to this own today to return my daughter's dog to her (been dog sitting). I may contact this person as the price seems reasonable for a healthy plant.

Get it!

Hopfully the pot has a drain hole. If not, you'll want to repot.

My Ficus all love the 5:1:1 mix.

So I know from what other experts on this forum say about repotting and that June is the best time. If I get it, I could probably repot Sunday or Monday. Is that too hard on a plant to change environments and repot in a few days AND is this an OK time? I have a window that gets a lot of sun and I have been trying to figure out a plant to put there. I am in NW Montana so even "a lot of sun" in my area is probably not too intense for this as I have just read this morning (thanks to your link) that these guys like lots of light. Thanks!

If the pot has a drain hole, wait until june. If not, I would probably just try to pot up into the same size pot with a drain hole and not disturb the roots.

This is my large Ficus. It's only 2 years old but spends summers outside in direct sun. So, if you want a big tree sooner than later, that's an option.

That is beautiful! OK so if it has a drain hole I would wait til next June. Of course that is if it is not gone. I messaged seller. Will update if I get it. thanks!

Hope you get it!

Looks nice! For what it's worth, my ficuses have been pretty happy this summer in our 10-15% daytime/30-50% nighttime RH. Mine don't even mind frigid breezes in winter when my neighbors crank up the steam heat and I open all the windows to cool off.

Who knows, they might be even happier in a rain forest, and I'm sure that the fact that I circulate air almost constantly keeps pests away, but ficus benjamina are a lot more resilient than a lot of people think if you take good care of them.

So I got it! The lady had recently moved and did not have enough room for all her plants in her new apartment. This one as brought to her job. It was under fluorescent lights and about 15 feet away from large windows that had dark translucent covers to protect tuxedos. She said it had lived there for about 6 months. I asked because I read that these trees like lots of light but if it has been in an area of low light would need to be acclimated to higher light.

It was put in the pot about the same time (6 months) and the medium looks to have a lot of perlite. And there is a drain hole. This gal seemed to have more than basic knowledge of plants so I think it is fine to stay in this pot until next year.

I plan to have it here, in a large north facing window for now but I do have a west facing window I would like to transition it to. There is a neon pothos on each side and they have done very well here.

This is "back lit" but you can kind of see the bad smoke we are having here in NW Montana dues to all the fires. People with respiratory issues are miserable and it or keeps us with scratchy throats and sneezing and headaches. Pray for rain!

Looks great. Glad you got it. The leaves on that tree are ones that definitely grew in a lower light setting.

Ive noticed my Ficus grows two distinct different leaves.

Indoor, they are thinner, slightly larger and have a matte finish.

Outdoors in full sun, they are noticeably thicker, more uniform in size and have a high gloss finish.

I think you choose a good spot to start with. You could eventually move to the west window as it probably gets more light.

As you give it more light, it's going to start to grow a lot faster. So, you'll need to decide what type of look you're going for. Bush or tree.

it probably won't do anything crazy until next year though as the days are getting shorter.

Same plant - pic taken today. Needs thinning (main canopy too dense - not enough light getting through) and 2 years growth - so the general outline is eventually a scalene triangle. This plant has been in full sun outdoors all summer w/o a complaint.

Said a little prayer for rain. I was in the Flathead Forest bow hunting elk a few years back and there was a big fire that had been burning for a week not too far SW of us. It was so bad we had to pack out. Lost a day packing out/moving the horses/mules and another day packing in to another spot where we saw a ton of game but no shots.

Re your plant - I'd go over it carefully and remove every leaf that has a branch or well-developed bud growing in the axil (crotch). If you're up for it, you could also prune/pinch it in a way that will force a lot of back-budding yet this year. I just did it to the plant in the image immediately above.

Al

Wow, massy and tapla--both of your plants are gorgeous! I've heard these are very prone to dropping their leaves if not completely happy. Is this really true? Also, I LOVE variegated plants, and these are no exception!

Al - I will do as you suggest. Thanks for the prayer for rain. I kind of feel bad even complaining as the folks in Texas are really being devastated too. I wish we could get their rain here. We have had one of the longest periods of time with no rain. But we get thunder storms that bring lightening. They have ordered the evacuation of much of Glacier National Park yesterday. One of the bad fires there burned one of the chalets that was over a hundred years old. So many people are being evacuated and the smoke is so bad.

This is a photo I posted that shows Flathead Lake and you can see the islands on the lake. Can even see the mountain range across the lake. This was several months ago. Then the photo above shows you can barely see the islands for the smoke.

And there was a big wind and thunder storm (no rain though) last night and we woke up to the below photos.

Smoke so thick you can't see the lake.

The air quality is listed and severely hazardous. We have tragically lost a few firefighters. Maybe God will send the rain here and give Texas a break!

That's awful, massey. The smoke is supposed to get here tonight, though it won't be as thick as you're getting. Bad news for me is that the air quality index is already at 147 from regional smoke and ozone levels, which has me reaching for the inhaler a couple of times a day. But maybe that means a change of wind direction so that Montana will get some relief.