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I have a rubber plant that my brother bought from IKEA at least 12 years ago. I've been fairly negligent in my care of it as I already have a weeping fig which takes up a big chunk of one room and is actually too big to move now, and who tf needs a 12' rubber tree in their bathroom?
So now it's like a 5' semi mishapen rubber thing in my bathroom and I just carry on putting up with it cos it's there now.
ChasnotRobert
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Does anyone have a largeish rubber plant or seen one that looks good?
I bought a small variegated one last year. It didn't grow over winter, put one tiny misshapen leaf out in early spring, but has doubled in height since then to about 18". Loads of new leaves and seems happy enough, I'm just worried about how quickly it's growing. I've often seen them big looking quite sad and awkward shapes. It's just one central stem and in a few years it'll be too big for the room and I don't want an actual rubber tree. I see them where they've obviously got too tall and been cut and awkwardly branch out and usually overbalance out of a too-small pot.
I don't know 1. How to take care of it but keep it small / slow growing if that's even possible. 2. How to shape it so it isn't just a beanpole that hits the ceiling. Can they be pruned?