Species · genus Ficus · Moraceae

Climbingfig

Ficus pumila L.

Also known as: Creeping Fig · Climbing Fig · Creeping Rubberplant · Figvine

Growth habit

Unknown

Reference · F. pumila

Cultivars of F. pumila

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under F. pumila yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.

Ficus pumila is a creeping fig in the Moraceae family, a small-leaved trailing or climbing vine that clings as it grows. Give it bright indirect light and water when the top inch of mix has dried out, letting it approach dry between waterings rather than sitting wet. It tolerates average household humidity but appreciates more even moisture in dry air.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 5-10d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 10 days

Humidity

Medium

Temperature

13–27 °C

Soil mix

Moisture-retentive but well-draining mix

Propagation

Stem cuttings rooted in soil or water

Fertilizing

Dilute balanced feed monthly while growing

Growth rate

Fast

Flowering

Rarely flowers indoors

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Toxic to cats & dogs

Fig / rubber plant — irritant latex (ficin); GI upset, dermatitis. This is where toxicity lives: every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 5-10d) · ai:claude-fable-5 · ASPCA

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