Killermommy
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Identify for me please !

Hey guys picked this cutie up today is it a ficus or boxwood? Any help is appreciated thank you !
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AnnaIkona
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Looks like ficus to me. Here's my ficus:
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Do the leaves look like yours?

Killermommy
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yea they do but mine have a little bit of a point so that's where I'm confused ?

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rainbowgardener
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There are MANY different ficus varieties. A lot of them do have leaves with a point on the end:

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(if you click on the photo, it enlarges and you will see the leaf points clearly)

Killermommy
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Very true thank you guys ! It is a ficus I took a leaf off and white silky sap came out :D now if I can figure out what one that would be great but there are 800 different species so ill have to keep trying to figure it out thanks again guys !



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