{"product_id":"ficus-pumila-minima","title":"Ficus pumila 'Minima'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFicus pumila\u003c\/em\u003e 'Minima'\u003c\/strong\u003e is the miniature form of the creeping fig, with leaves shrunk to fingernail size: slender, slightly quilted little hearts packed densely along fine, self-clinging stems. It creeps rather than bushes, knitting itself into a flat green mat over compost, cork, rock or glass, which is exactly why it has become a staple of terrarium and vivarium planting. Against the standard \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/products\/ficus-pumila\"\u003eFicus pumila\u003c\/a\u003e the whole plant reads at half scale, slower and tighter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigins.\u003c\/strong\u003e The species comes from East Asia, from China and Taiwan through Japan and Vietnam, where it climbs walls, trunks and rock faces by tiny adhesive roots, the same habit that lets it carpet a terrarium background. 'Minima' is a horticultural selection of this climber, kept for its reduced leaf size; Kew's Plants of the World Online accepts Ficus pumila itself but records no botanical variety minima, so the small-leaved plant is best treated as a cultivar. It is a different plant from the lobed, oak-leaved 'Quercifolia'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare.\u003c\/strong\u003e Easy, as long as it never dries out completely. Give it bright to medium indirect light and keep the mix lightly, evenly moist; a creeping fig that dries to a crisp rarely forgives it. It loves humidity, which makes it thrive sealed in a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/collections\/humidity-loving-houseplants\"\u003eterrarium or humid spot\u003c\/a\u003e, though it copes in an ordinary room with regular watering. It is unfussy about temperature, tolerating cool rooms down to about 5C, and takes clipping well, so trim freely to keep the mat dense. The milky sap is an irritant and the plant is toxic if eaten, so keep it from pets and wash hands after pruning.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GrowTropicals","offers":[{"title":"12cm","offer_id":59086574944639,"sku":"FICUPUMI12","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0361\/9645\/0348\/files\/ficus-pumila-minima.jpg?v=1793964902","url":"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/products\/ficus-pumila-minima","provider":"GrowTropicals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}