South African Gardening Blog » strangler fig http://www.sprig.co.za On plants, gardens and nature in South Africa. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:01:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 What the fig? http://www.sprig.co.za/2009/11/what-the-fig/ http://www.sprig.co.za/2009/11/what-the-fig/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:55:36 +0000 mol-d http://www.sprig.co.za/?p=1060 I found this tenacious plant in our garden. It started growing in the drain pipe and has stretched (from about 4 feet up) to lay down roots in the ground.. I think the smaller plant is a rubber plant but the root-layer is a strangler fig. They don’t give up… :-)

Tenacious 1

Tenacious 1

Tenacious 2

Tenacious 2

]]> http://www.sprig.co.za/2009/11/what-the-fig/feed/ 4 Warning – strangler at work http://www.sprig.co.za/2009/04/warning-strangler-at-work/ http://www.sprig.co.za/2009/04/warning-strangler-at-work/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:14:58 +0000 Niall http://sprig.co.za/?p=280 In an earlier post, my brother lamented the scourge of syringa berry trees in Durban.  In the comments section it was suggested that strangler figs could be used to combat them.  I regularly jog down Manning Road and spotted a strangler fig at work on a Flamboyant.

Warning - strangler at work

Warning - strangler at work

Strangler fig reaching the ground.

Strangler fig reaching the ground.

Strangler fig wrapping around the trunk.

Strangler fig wrapping around the trunk.

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