Green-leaved Benjamini varieties
With a green-leaved Benjamini, the unique rainforest atmosphere is within your grasp. The following varieties also give dim niches and low-light locations in living rooms and offices a pleasant, green vibrancy:
- Danielle delights us all year round with dark green, matt shiny jewelry leaves
- Reginald causes a sensation with green, marbled leaves and a slightly wavy edge
- Exotica puts on a dense cover of leaves in lush green in a bright, not full sun location
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With a Ficus benjamina 'Ginseng' you get the weeping fig ready-made as a bonsai. This saves the time-consuming training of an offshoot, so that you can immediately present the mini tree on the partially shaded windowsill or the summer balcony. With the green, shimmering leaves and a rustic twisted trunk, this Benjamini attracts everyone's attention.
Benjamini variety with a small trunk
Raising the weeping fig to a high trunk is mostly reserved for the skilled hand of the master gardener. With the 'Jute' variety, you acquire a Benjamini, which is presented with a jute-wrapped trunk and a well-shaped crown. Of course, the little beauty only stays at its delivery height of 30 to 40 cm if it is cut regularly.
Multi-leaved Benjamini varieties
Evergreen growth does not mean that a weeping fig does without color accents. The following varieties inspire with a subtle play of colors that can confidently do without a flower:
- Twilight inspires with light green leaves, decorated with a creamy white border
- Golden King trumps with green, gold-yellow variegated leaves
- Natasja with its bushy, graceful silhouette is recommended for small apartments and offices
Tips
In the trade, the weeping fig (Ficus benjamina) and the rubber tree (Ficus elastica) are often lumped together. In fact, they are two different species within the fig family (Ficus). The leaves of the weeping fig are much more delicate. In contrast, the rubber tree scores with red leaf sheaths when it shoots, which fall off when the leaf unfolds.
