Scientific Name: Ficus pumila
Common Name: creeping fig
Family Name: Moraceae
Origin: S.E. Asia / Japan / China
Hardiness Zone: Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C)
Plant Type: Indoor foliage plant, Vine or climber
Mature Size: 2 - 3m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width)
Habit: Spreading
Form: Climbing, Creeping / Mat-like, Weeping
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Container planting, Hanging basket, Indoor plant
Exposure: Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media:
Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Ovate, Entire
Flowers: Green
Fruit: Multiple fruit, (Accessory tissue), Green, Purple
Key ID Features:
A fast-growing, climbing vine with adhesive aerial rootlets; leaves ovate, bases cordate or uneven, up to 2.5cm long.