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[Content] On Nov 9, 2003, skjoldhus wrote: I have been growing Creeping Fig for years as an indoor plant. It has several excellent qualities. I use it in terrariums with live animals in the terrarium enclosures. It is a robust grower; given adequate light and water it swiftly makes a ground cover and a climbing vine. I keep snakes and all my tanks are set up as naturally as possible. Over the years creeping fig has distinguished itself as a durable plant that is unaffected by the traffic of snakes, and in point of fact actually "adapts" to higher traffic of more active species by growing a longer stem on ground-born vines, allowing snakes to move under the leaves without disturbing them. This plant is easy to trim back, although like many plants cutting it back creates a fuller, bushier plant with lar... read moreger leaves. It is beautiful and very hardy. I have found the variegated variety is less hardy and robust. I have had limited success in trying to propagate cuttings or even separate larger plants. The roots are delicate when it comes to splitting up an existing plant. But overall, in spite of any minor difficulties, it is an excellent house/terrarium plant. I have also seen it used as a wall cover here in my neighborhood here in south Florida (U.S.) As a terrarium plant on a scale of 1-10 I give it a 9, only because it is so swift growing that trimming it back can be a bit of work; otherwise it would be a 10. [Rating] 
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