AusBonsai

Hi All,

I found this ficus on the council clean up, it had been chopped down, and left to be thrown out. I though i would rescue it! I have no idea where to go from her. I have placed it in a pot for the time being, and i will attend to its needs furhter in spring. I also dont know what variety of Ficus it is either. so if any one could help with either it would be appreciated!

DB

The photos are pretty average, but it is raining here so I was attempting to get out before I got wet.

Hi, is there any way of uploading a jpeg for us???

Hi dbar
Any reason you whacked the pics into PDF and then posted them?
Resize the images and then post them
https://www.ausbonsai.com.au/wiki/index. ... lay_online

Ken

Hi,

I shall attempt it. I couldn't upload them because they were too large. Give me a sec, I'll check Ken's link.

Dan

Hi Guys,

There you go.

Again they arent the best photos, but the best I could manage with the current weather and my phone camera.

Dan

Looks like a Ficus benjamina cultivar, probably "Baby Ben". Looks a little compact to be straight benjamina, but could be. Fairly good taper but now what to do with it?

Yes the taper is ok, but I has next to no nebari, or branch development. It also has a substantial pruning scar that will be disguised by branch placement I guess. I think it has good potential.

Dan