Ficus thonningii is a type of strangler fig from Africa that is a favourite here in Adelaide because of it's fast growth and ability to create aerial roots despite our low humidity.
Yesterday I was moving a tray of shimpaku seedlings when I noticed something was preventing me from lifting it, despite the tray being on a shelf above the ground. Looking closer I could see that the culprit was a thonningii in a plastic pot next to the tray. Over winter it had sent a bunch of roots over the rim looking for more room, finding a jackpot in the tray of seedlings and then out the bottom into the ground. Aggressive buggers!
Matt.
Ficus thonningii - fig with an attidude
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Re: Ficus thonningii - fig with an attidude
Bonus! Would love to get my hands on one of these, but we don't have them in NSW.
I once climbed on the roof to clean my gutters and there was Moreton Bay which had been growing there for a while.
I once climbed on the roof to clean my gutters and there was Moreton Bay which had been growing there for a while.
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Re: Ficus thonningii - fig with an attidude
Very opportunistic of it got to love figs
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