A medium-sized, evergreen tree with a very dense crown of dark green, glossy foliage. It occurs in rainforest in northern Queensland (Australia), from where it extends to New Caledonia and the new...
Attractive stems brilliantly striped green on yellow with new growth pinkish and green....
Stunning, tender, herbaceous vine with huge twining stems that climb to 15 feet (4,5 m) with thorns and long linear cladophylls (leaves). ...
Dwarf evergreen with dense growth habit. Dark green needles adorn upright branches throughout the year. Slow grower. Hardy to -50 degrees F. Like the Japanese Maples, keep outdoors.
There are over 600 species of Ficus, most of them tropical and evergreen, although some, most notably F. carica, the common fig, are deciduous. Ficus produces a unique "fruit" which is actually an...