Ready to add a new member to your growing plant family? Trader Joe’s just added new Ficus elastica (a.k.a. rubber plants) to its flower and plant sections, and a “jumbo” pot will only set you back $13 ...

Want a rubber plant that grows fast, not fussy? Master the right balance of lighting, water, and nutrients, and watch this ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." The rubber tree plant, which is also known as ficus elastica, is native to Southeast Asia, Indonesia ...

For more than a decade, Jody Scott tended shrubs in a dry field in southern Arizona. A lifelong farmer of myriad crops, Scott calls this the most boring thing he’s ever grown. And growing it, he said, ...

My rubber plant is one of my favorite houseplants in my collection. These fabulous plants grow on a tall stem that resembles a trunk, with leathery panels of foliage pointing outwards. They can remain ...

The French botanist and biologist Francis Hallé has spent 40 years in pursuit of the strange and beautiful plant specimens of the rainforest. In his Atlas of Poetic Botany, excerpted below, he invites ...

A research team has identified a key gene from the rubber tree that helps plants better defend themselves against both ...