Type of ficus?

digger714

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Hello everyone. I have a ficus that was given to me last year, and i took 4 cuttings from it. They took off like crazy, and grew to 1 1/8" this year from 1/8". The first pics are the cuttings, and the s shape thing is the mother. If anyone could identify this i would appreciate it.
 

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Brian Van Fleet

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Looks like a Tiger bark Retusa...but so many varieties and mutants exist that it's hard to tell for sure.
 

digger714

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Ive had them labeled as ficus retusa, so i guess that will be close enough for now. Thanks Brian for the help. Brad
 

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According to Jerry Meislik, "retusa" is actually a variety of Ficus microcarpa, natural variety, I think.

Either way, it's pretty vigorous and forgiving.
 
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