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ive googled it and cant find anything on it that makes sense. has anybody out there played with one or does anybody know anything about this specie.

i was given this tree to be seen what i can do with it. IMO it was a mess top and bottom, so as soon as the weather warmed up i got to it. trunks chopped, carved and flat bottomed. yep you read right, all 3 at once. completely bald top and bottom. its popping all over the place now so roots must be too. so dont be scared to harm a ficus. on the contrary givem heaps!!!

Nice one Antonio!

Sorry I can't help with the ID or cultural notes, but I like that you've jumped in head first to create taper and movement.

Keep us posted!

Fly.

FlyBri wrote:Nice one Antonio! Sorry I can't help with the ID or cultural notes, but I like that you've jumped in head first to create taper and movement.
Keep us posted! Fly.

thanks my man i will do that.

Hi Antonio
I had a couple of tragedies and gave up on them. Have you got the curly leaf variety?
Regards
Steve

sreeve wrote:Hi Antonio
I had a couple of tragedies and gave up on them. Have you got the curly leaf variety?
Regards
Steve

not sure steven, but the leaves look straight to me. should i perm them?

Only if you know a decent barber who knows about Bonsai

Hi Antonio,
Ficus Hilli is a variety of microcarpus native to Qld. It is a common street tree in Sydney (heaps in the Domain) and is often grown as a standard in pots. Also known as Hill's weeping fig. I have one small one grown from bird-delivered seed. In terms of cultivation they seem to be somewhere between a rubiginosa and a benjamina. Not as robust and quick growing as the former but more forgiving than the latter (in Sydney at least). So I would treat it like a Port Jackson fig but allow for it to be less vigorous. It's leaves reduce like all figs. I like where yours is going.

pasquale you saved the day! no wonder i wasn't getting any google results. wrong spelling. nice to know its a native too. thanks mate appreciated.

Thanks Antonio, That has helped me I.D a couple of figs i have had sitting around wondering what they were.

I picked one up from a local nursery three months ago. Took cuttings early last month and got 18 out of 24 struck. Have just lopped the top off (Nice movement in the Trunk line)and will now grow the base out to see what I get. 20 trees for $30 because "Its been here for 5 years and im sick of looking at it" .

BB

http://www.metrotrees.com.au/treehandbo ... illii.html

interesting read; they sound the bomb to me!

Gday Antonio! (Are you still here?.. )

Just picked up what I believe is F. microcarpa var. Hillii, and was wondering if you had any progress and/or tips to share regarding your Figs.

Thanks in advance!

Fly.

FlyBri wrote: was wondering if you had any progress and/or tips to share regarding your Figs.

Thanks in advance!

Fly.

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Ive had a hard time propagating them until now. Keen on seeing how they come back from a big chop.

Hi Bri good luck with this one ! I have quite a few - I inherited one from a pool area refurbishment and have air layered it many times. I do find they are reluctant to bud back on the trunk and the secondary branches come out in opposite pairs. It is the only fig that I have problems with some kind of parasite on the leaves - they have little bumps all over them and eventually curl up if I don't cut them off. Having said all that I love the shape of the leaves and the colour of the new leaves.

Tony

FlyBri wrote:Gday Antonio! (Are you still here?.. )

Just picked up what I believe is F. microcarpa var. Hillii, and was wondering if you had any progress and/or tips to share regarding your Figs.

Thanks in advance!

Fly.

Fly you whistling dixi ???

I love this fig !!! It just keeps responding like no other. You need to be aggressive with it in all your maintenance,eg. feeding,pruning (top and bottom),defoliating,thinning out unwanted shoots(always a problem). It is high maintenance but a very rewarding variety to work with !!!

Here's the latest shot of it. It recently got smashed in the hail storm so this is whats left after a clean up and repot this week. This is its first pot, a Trevor Wheeler pot .