Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropical Garden #7, 1 by fredrump

fredrump wrote:
some day that rubber plant (ficus elastica) will take over this spot. At this point I'm not sure if I should let all the suckers grow or restrict this bunch to one tree branch. Anybody ever grow a ficus like this to size? This is now in its third year after it got bitten by an overnight freeze two years ago. I thought it was going to die on me as the plant was still young and small. It seems to be on its own now.