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Robusta Rubber Plant
Ficus elastica ‘Robusta’
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.
Supplied in 400mmtypically 1.5 to 2.5m tall on delivery
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Sizes shown are the sizes we currently source in this species. If you need larger specimens, project quantities or a size not listed, our sourcing team can look for it through our national supplier network. We confirm your exact stock with you on the booking call before anything ships.
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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.
Robusta Rubber Plant - Ficus elastica ‘Robusta’
‘Robusta’ is the broad leaved selection of Ficus elastica, with thick leathery blades noticeably wider and heavier than the ordinary rubber plant, held on a stout upright stem. The leaf surface is high gloss and deep green, and new growth pushes out of a red sheath that peels away as the leaf unfurls. It is grown two very different ways in Australia: as an architectural container plant for shaded interiors and covered terraces, and as a fast growing shade tree in frost free coastal and tropical gardens where there is genuine room for it.
Why Robusta Rubber Plant
Leaf scale: Individual leaves often reach 200 to 300mm long, giving bold structure that fine foliage plants cannot match.
Low light tolerance: It holds colour and form in bright indirect light indoors, which is why it remains a commercial planting standard.
Growth speed: In warm conditions it puts on height quickly and responds to tip pruning by branching rather than sulking.
Warm climate vigour: Planted out in frost free ground it becomes a large spreading tree with buttressed roots, so it needs open space away from paving, pipes and footings.
Sap warning: The milky latex is a skin irritant and the plant is toxic if eaten, worth knowing where children or pets are around.
Ideal Applications
Large interior specimen: A single plant in a wide pot anchors a corner in an office foyer or high ceilinged living room.
Covered outdoor rooms: Verandahs, atriums and courtyard voids with filtered light suit it year round in warm districts.
Tropical shade tree: In Brisbane north and in Darwin it makes a broad, dense canopy for large properties and parkland.
Warm climate screening: Planted in a line in the ground it forms a tall evergreen mass quickly, provided the long term size is accepted.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 2 to 3m apart in the ground, closer in containers
Spacing (feature/avenue): 8 to 12m apart if grown on as trees, and at least 8m from any structure
Best Planting Season: Spring and summer, when soil is warm and growth is active
Soil & Drainage: Rich, free draining soil or a quality potting mix, consistently moist but never waterlogged
Establishment Care: Water when the top 50mm of mix dries out and reduce watering sharply through winter, as cold wet roots cause more losses than drought. Wipe or hose the leaves occasionally to keep the gloss and to discourage scale and mealybug, and feed monthly through the growing season.
Plant Details
Height: 2 to 3m in containers, 10 to 20m or more if planted in the ground in a frost free climate
Width: 1 to 2m in containers, 8 to 15m as a mature tree
Growth Rate: Fast
Foliage: Evergreen
Light: Bright indirect light indoors, full sun to part shade outdoors in warm climates
Native to: North eastern India, Nepal, Myanmar, Malaysia and Indonesia
Flower Colour: Insignificant
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.







