It has been a craze for so long. In my typical fashion, I come in a little later than most. The fiddle leaf fig tree is now part of my rising obsession with house plants. According to the masses, the finicky fiddle leaf fig tree will keep me challenged.
I Joined The Hype
The plunge has been taken. I am now a proud owner of the Instagram-famous fiddle leaf fig tree. Let’s just go ahead and thank my daughter-in-law for the joy or the heartbreak…whichever comes first.
It's On Sale
On a recent visit to their home, my daughter-in-law was excited to show off the gorgeous snake plants she had just purchased. They were some of the tallest I have seen; she has a natural green thumb. The best part, she shared that Home Depot had them twenty-five percent off and fiddle leaf figs were part of the sale. Guess where I headed the very next morning!
I Got This
She was right. There were snake plants and fiddle leaf figs pushed into a corner with a big orange 25% off sign on a metal pole. As I gazed at them, my mind said “just get another snake plant. You already know how to grow them….it will be the safe choice.” The indecisive side of me picked up every plant on the shelf, sized it up, and looked for perfection. I’m certain I provided the cashier with a few minutes of entertainment! At last, I stuck with my plan and chose the best fiddle leaf on the shelf. I coached myself into the purchase with the reminder that many influencers have grown them without having any plant “ed” so, I got this.
A Fiddle Leaf Cram Course
I quickly took a cram course on finicky fiddle leaf fig trees. Google was my school of choice so, there is a fifty-fifty shot at getting this right. My main takeaways were:
- The fiddle leaf fig is not a house plant, it is a tree.
- Its outdoor height reaches up to 60 feet!! (oh, wow)
- It could grow as high as 10 feet indoors (well, my ceiling is eight feet high)
- The fiddle leaf is a tropical plant…. we will be thankful for GA humidity.
- When the fiddle leaf trend began, people paid upward of $150 for a small tree.
- You can now buy them in big box stores such as Home Depot, Lowe’s, and IKEA.
- Cutting the tree at the top of the trunk is fine. It will sprout and give you new growth.
Find The Perfect Spot
Stay tuned…I just may be one of those online finicky fiddle leaf fig pruners. Building a tense moment for us all to cringe, admire, and even question. Either way, she has already brought me happiness and I’ll do what I can to carry on her beautiful, unique, tropical lifestyle even if the ceilings are only eight feet high in our home.
Just Needs A Little Love...and a name
On the day of purchase, she was repotted and placed in the sunniest spot on the porch. She might be finicky, but so am I. We should get along just fine.
And by the way, I feel she is finicky enough to need a name. I’d love to read your creative ideas in the comments. I’d never turn down a little advice and encouragement either.
Stay Curious,
