Another houseplant that’s notorious for shedding its foliage without warning?

That sounds like a lot of plants we grow indoors in temperate regions, right?

First leaves begin yellowing at their bases, thendevelop brown patches, then fall off entirely.

Fiddle leaf fig with yellow leaf

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That can be a lot of money to gamble on such a finicky, fiddly plant.

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One, ‘Triangularis’, even sports leaves in a three-sided shape reminiscent of a fiddle leaf fig.

Identifying a node on the fiddle leaf fig plant

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Part of the joy of houseplant care is learning from your mistakes.

Ficus lyrata.NC State Extension Plant Toolbox.

Burgundy Rubber Plant from front view

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