• There are over 100 species of ornamental figs, also known as Ficus, ranging from small houseplants to enormous trees. Most produce figs, but the fruit is considered either inedible or not palatable to humans. However, many animals eat these ornamental fig fruits. In all but tropical regions, ornamental figs do not reach the same heights they would in the wild, and need to be kept from areas of strong wind.
  
  

Rubber Tree

• Ficus elastica, also known as the common rubber tree or India rubber fig, can grow both indoors and outdoors. The evergreen tree features 5-to-12-inch-long, glossy leaves and an irregular and spreading canopy. The rubber tree grows to 100 feet tall in the jungle, but usually only reaches 25 to 40 feet in the United States. Strong winds tend to make the tree break apart. The rubber tree grows in USDA gardening zones 10b through 11.
  
  

Weeping Fig

• Ficus benjamina grows up to 60 feet high and has a dense, weeping canopy 60 to 70 feet wide. This canopy creates such heavy shade that usually nothing grows beneath it. The evergreen tree features 2-to-5-inch-long, shiny leaves and small figs that start green and turn dark red. The weeping fig rows in USDA gardening zones 10b through 11.
  
  

Fiddleleaf Fig

• Ficus lyrata is an evergreen that grows 15 to 50 feet high. It boasts irregular, upright, spreading branches with 8-to-15-inch-long leaves in the rough shape of a fiddle. Large fiddleleafs are susceptible to breaking apart in a strong wind. The fiddleleaf fig rows in USDA gardening zones 10b through 11.
  
  

Indian Laurel

• Ficus microcarpa grows 50 to 60 feet tall and is sometimes called Chinese banyan, Malayan banyan or curtain fig. The evergreen leaves are about 5 inches long and a dark, glossy green. The tree produces tiny flowers and figs that start yellow and turn deep red. The Indian laurel grows in USDA gardening zones 9b through 11.
  
  

Moreton Bay Fig

• Ficus macrophylla's strongest features are its enormous size---it grows up to 200 feet tall---and buttress roots, which span out over the earth, popping through the soil. The evergreen tree's leaves measure 6 to 12 inches long and are dark and leather-like. It produces figs that start green and turn purple. In the wild, Moretons usually start out in the canopy of another tree. After the Moreton's roots touch the ground, the fig strangles its host tree. The Moreton grows in USDA gardening zones 9b through 11.