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Nursery Direct
Burgundy Rubber Plant
Ficus elastica ‘Burgundy’
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
The price you see is the whole job: the plant supplied, delivered free and professionally installed. Done for you.
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Getting it in: the largest size here needs machine access rather than a doorway, and sometimes a lift over the roof. Measure the narrowest point on the route and tell us on the booking call. Standard access is included in the price, and anything unusual is quoted and agreed with you before work begins. What happens on installation day
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After checkout, our team contacts you to confirm site access and book a day that suits. Most orders are delivered and planted within 2 to 4 weeks of your booking call. Nothing else for you to organise.
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Burgundy Rubber Plant - Ficus elastica ‘Burgundy’
‘Burgundy’ is the darkest of the common rubber plant selections, with thick, glossy, oval leaves in deep wine to near-black and vivid red sheaths protecting each new leaf as it unfurls. Grown outdoors in frost-free Australian gardens Ficus elastica becomes a genuinely large spreading tree with a powerful root system, so it needs distance from footings, pipes and paving; grown in a container or indoors it stays a manageable dark-leaved specimen. Choose it when you want serious foliage weight and depth of colour rather than fine texture.
Why the Burgundy Rubber Plant
Depth of leaf colour: Almost black burgundy foliage gives a tonal anchor that no green-leaved plant can substitute for.
Red new growth: Each emerging leaf is wrapped in a bright red sheath, a small recurring feature through the growing season.
Substantial leaves: Large, thick and leathery, so the plant reads boldly even at a distance.
Fast establishment: In warm conditions it puts on height quickly, making it useful for rapid screening.
Dual use: One of the few plants equally at home as a landscape tree, a large container specimen and an interior plant.
Ideal Applications
Fast evergreen screen: Planted in a row well away from structures it blocks an outlook within a few seasons.
Large feature container: Restricting the roots keeps it at a workable size and controls its vigour.
Dark foliage backdrop: Sets off silver, lime and variegated planting in warm-climate gardens.
Interior and atrium planting: Reliable in bright indoor positions where its colour holds well.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 2.5 to 4m
Spacing (feature/avenue): 8 to 12m, and well clear of buildings, pools and services
Best Planting Season: Spring and summer into warm soil
Soil & Drainage: Free draining soil of reasonable fertility; it is adaptable but resents cold wet ground in winter
Establishment Care: Water twice weekly through the first summer, then reduce as it is fairly drought tolerant once rooted. Mulch to 75mm, feed in spring to keep leaf size and colour up, and consider a root barrier at planting if the tree is anywhere near paving, plumbing or a slab.
Plant Details
Height: 8 to 15m in the ground in frost-free climates; 2 to 3m in containers
Width: 6 to 12m in the ground
Growth Rate: Fast
Foliage: Evergreen, large, glossy, deep burgundy
Light: Full sun to bright indirect light; colour is richest in strong light
Native to: North east India, Nepal, Myanmar, Malaysia and Indonesia
Flower Colour: Insignificant, enclosed within small figs
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
Questions? Send An EnquiryWhy Nursery Direct
Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
- National sourcing for hard-to-find stock
- Residential, estate and commercial projects
How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







