The many colorful cultivars can be used as desk or floor plants. The two most popular cultivars, E. aureum 'Aureum' and E. aureum 'Marble Queen,' offer either gold or white variegation respectively. Back to Top Ficus sp. Reduce watering in the winter. Mist to keep the leaves humid.
All species have nice, shiny foliage and are capable of becoming large plants for floor use only.
F. pumila is used as a hanging basket or ground cover in planters. By cuttings, or take rooted portions of creeping stems. There are varieties such as, F. verschaffeltii var. There is also a dwarf version of this plant. Best used in a humid environment such as a terrarium.