Be sure to turn each leaf to spray the underside and don’t forget where the leaf meets the stem. Beautifully made green 46" fiddle leaf fig silk stem. Spray all of the leaves of your Fiddle Leaf Fig thoroughly. The nodes are where leaves and buds grow on stems. The fiddle leaf fig is an evergreen tree, originally from tropical Africa! Healthy plants can get lopsided or too big for their location in a hurry. The plant features very large, heavily veined, violin-shaped leaves that grow upright on a tall plant. The fiddle leaf fig (Ficus lyrata) is one of the trendiest houseplants around, given its frequent appearance in home magazines and blogs. This does indeed make each leaf look like the ‘fiddle’ or violin in its name, and this is a very unusual, if not unique, shape for plant leaves. It is a low maintenance plant, requiring watering once a week only and grows best in a well lit position. So here’s three methods you can use to encourage your Fiddle Leaf Fig to branch – watch the video at the end of me pruning my own Fiddle Leaf Fig! When a stem, branch or trunk gets pruned back, it is most likely to grow multiple stems in its place. In other regions, enthusiasts grow the fig indoors and admire its large, coarse leaves which can grow up to 12 inches long. They can be trained as a standard by removing the lower leaves and shaping into a ball. Given proper care, plenty of sunshine, and enough soil to expand its root ball, your fiddle leaf fig will grow quickly. They are sold in all sizes, from 2ft in height up to 12-15ft. Two lovely 2.4 mtr tall potted fiddle leaf fig plants. This fact, however, in no way hindered its other partner and co-partner on this planet, the Homo Genus than to chasten it, using it widely as an ornamental plant.. By the presentation of the ornamental dimension of Ficus lyrata, the editorial team of ‘Kalliergeia’ deals with this article. Multiple stems in each pot, raised under cover outdoors - plenty of new shooting leaves at top, a little wind burn on some older leaves. by Taryn Williford.