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Nursery Direct
Indian Laurel Fig
Ficus microcarpa ‘Nitida’
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.
Indian Laurel Fig - Ficus microcarpa ‘Nitida’
‘Nitida’ is the fig behind most of the immaculately clipped hedges, pleached screens and formal cubes seen in warm-climate Australian landscapes. Ficus microcarpa ‘Nitida’ holds small, thick, glossy leaves on dense twiggy growth that responds to shearing better than almost any other evergreen of its size, and it grows fast enough to close a screen in a couple of seasons. Left unpruned it becomes a substantial spreading tree with a vigorous root system, so it should be kept well away from pipes, pools and slab edges unless a root barrier is installed.
Why ‘Nitida’
Clipping response: Shears to a crisp face and reshoots readily from bare wood, which makes it the default for architectural hedging.
Small dense leaf: Fine glossy foliage gives a smooth surface at close range rather than a coarse one.
Speed to screen: Fills a gap and blocks a sightline faster than any comparable formal evergreen.
Shade tolerance: Keeps density in part shade, so it works on southern walls and between buildings.
Urban durability: Copes with reflected heat, pollution, wind and restricted root volume in planters.
Ideal Applications
Formal clipped hedge: Maintained anywhere from 1.5m to 5m with two or three trims a year.
Pleached screen: Trained on a frame above a fence line to gain privacy without losing ground space.
Courtyard and rooftop planters: Reliable in large containers where root run is deliberately restricted.
Clipped standard or cube: Holds crisp geometry for entries and formal terraces.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 0.8 to 1.2m
Spacing (feature/avenue): 5 to 8m if grown on as a tree
Best Planting Season: Spring and summer in temperate zones; year round in the subtropics and tropics
Soil & Drainage: Almost any reasonably drained soil; responds strongly to fertility and consistent moisture
Establishment Care: Water two to three times a week for the first three months to get the hedge line growing evenly, then weekly deep watering. Mulch to 75mm, feed in spring and again in summer for dense regrowth, and begin light formative trimming early rather than waiting for the plants to reach full height.
Plant Details
Height: 8 to 12m unpruned; readily held at 1.5 to 5m as a hedge
Width: 6 to 10m unpruned
Growth Rate: Fast
Foliage: Evergreen, small and glossy
Light: Full sun to part shade
Native to: South and South East Asia through to northern Australia and the western Pacific
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.







