creeping fig
Ficus pumila
RHS AGM 1993
USDA zones9 to 11
SunHandles full sun to partial shade
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size10 to 15 feet tall3 to 6 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Climbing
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn, winter
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Creeping fig (Ficus pumila) is a vine for containers, ground cover, and low maintenance gardens. It grows outdoors year-round in USDA zone 9 and warmer, down to about 20°F (-7°C). In colder areas, grow it as a houseplant or bring it indoors for winter. This plant likes full sun to part shade and average to moist soil of most types. It grows fast and stays evergreen, and it climbs as high as 15 feet. It sits low on the menu for deer. Birds visit it too.
Pairs well with Carolina jessamine, Staghorn fern, and Little Gem southern magnolia.
Native range
North America, Central America, Caribbean, Cayman Is., and 2 more places. See all 6
North America, Central America, Caribbean, Cayman Is., Panamá, and Turks-Caicos Is..