Bengal fig tree, Ficus benghalensis Audrey, indoor tree
Bengal fig Audrey styled in an interior
Bengal fig tree, Ficus Audrey, in a nursery pot
Bengal fig tree foliage and pale trunk
Bengal Fig Tree, Ficus Benghalensis 'Audrey' - Plant Drop
Bengal fig tree, 130-150cm
Sculptural Bengal fig tree specimen

Our plants are photographed true to scale, with natural variation in form

Bengal Fig Tree

Ficus Benghalensis 'Audrey' — A different kind of fig, with white veined leaves and a pale steam.

Regular price£225
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Total Height (Including Nursery Pot)

Fits Planter Opening: 32cm+

Fits Planter Opening: 42cm+

Fits Planter Opening: 32cm+

Hand-picked for quality and form

130-150cm

  • Nursery pot (diameter × height): ⌀30cm × H27cm
  • Decorative pot required (opening): 32cm+

170-180cm

  • Nursery pot (diameter × height): ⌀40cm × H35cm
  • Decorative pot required (opening): 42cm+

200-220cm

  • Nursery pot (diameter × height): ⌀30cm × H27cm
  • Decorative pot required (opening): 32cm+
Ceiling Height Guide

Ceiling Height Recommended Plant Height Typical Space
200–220 cm 150–170 cm Modern apartments / contemporary homes
240–270 cm 170–200 cm Victorian or Edwardian rooms
280–300 cm 220–240 cm Period properties / warehouse conversions
300 cm+ 250–270 cm Double-height or mezzanine spaces

 

How To Pair A Decorative Pot

For no fuss or mess you can place the plant in its growing pot (the pot it arrives in) inside a decorative one. This allows allows excess water to be drained after watering.

For a good fit the opening (not diameter) and height of the new decorative pot need to be several centimetres greater than the current growing pot. Here is how we measure and list pot sizes:

Remember to take into account tapering, as the internal height of a pot will be measured from the centre to the top but the sides will taper in a rounded pot.

We recommend using a liner to protect your decorative pot and prevent leaking (whether placing the nursery pot inside or repotting directly into the decorative pot). 

Read more about how to pot your plant here.


Plant Suitability

Preferred Location: A bright spot with natural light

Care Level: Easy

Care Instructions

When your plant arrives, follow these simple steps to help it settle into its new home.

For plant specific detail read our full Bengal Fig care guide.

  • Choose a suitable place with appropriate light - check our Light Guide
  • Carefully remove the plant from its packaging and allow it to adjust to its new environment.
  • Before watering, check the soil with your finger. If the top few centimetres feel dry, water lightly. If still moist, allow the soil to dry before watering.
  • Ensure the plant sits in a well-draining pot or nursery container, allowing excess water to drain away. (If planted follow our potted plant advice here)
  • Avoid moving the plant frequently during the first few days, allowing it time to acclimatise to its new surroundings.
  • Check your plant regularly and adjust watering and light as needed.

Following these simple steps will help your plant establish and thrive in its new space.

Plants often take 7–10 days to begin adjusting to a new environment -  light and temperature conditions - and some leaf movement or drop during this period is completely normal. 

For tailored advice you can speak to our Ai Horticulturalist here for specific advice to establish your plant or read our expert nurture guides. 

30-day Guarantee

If your plant isn’t thriving within 30 days, we’ll work with you to resolve it.

Our team will guide you first to help your plant settle into its new environment, and where appropriate, we’ll offer a replacement or credit.

Find out more about the 30-day guarantee .

For ongoing peace of mind beyond the first 30 days, you can extend your cover with Plant Protection.

Delivery

Most orders arrive within two weeks. We'll arrange your delivery and confirm the day in advance.

London Rest of UK
Small & medium — plants under 170cm, pots, liners, accessories
Courier · complimentary over £150 £6 £6
Hand delivery £25
Delivered & placed £45
Large — plants 170–220cm, large planters
Hand delivery · pallet outside London £25 £50
Delivered & placed £65 £125
Extra large — plants 220cm+, specimens, two-person pieces
Hand delivery £35 £100
Delivered & placed £75 £150

Courier — boxed and tracked; you'll get a dispatch email with a tracking link.
Hand delivery — our own team, to your door or ground-floor room.
Delivered & placed — two people, carried to the room you choose, unpacked, positioned, packaging taken away. Potting is a separate service.

We currently deliver to mainland UK only — not Northern Ireland, the Isle of Wight or the Scottish Islands; Scotland and remote postcodes are quoted before dispatch. Costs are calculated at checkout based on your items and postcode. See our delivery page for more.

Returns

On arrival — if anything isn't right, contact us within 48 hours with photographs and we'll put it right, covered by our 30-day plant guarantee.
Change of mind — let us know within 14 days. Plants, pots and accessories must be in their original, resaleable condition. Returns are subject to a collection charge, or can be sent back by post at your own cost; the outgoing delivery charge isn't refunded.

Space

Indoors

Light Conditions

Bright Indirect Light

Watering

Allow the top two inches of soil to dry out between waterings.

Temperature

Minimum temperature of 12°C.

Feeding

Use a houseplant feed in the growing season (spring and summer)

Top Tip

Ficus commonly lose leaves when settling into their new home, this is perfectly normal.

Ficus Benghalensis 'Audrey'

Bengal Fig Tree

A different kind of fiddle-leaf fig, with white veined leaves and a pale single stem. Not only does it add a lighter touch to your home, it is a very forgiving houseplant.

You may know it as the Ficus Audrey — widely tipped as the easier fiddle-leaf fig alternative: the same statement presence, but far more forgiving of missed waterings and imperfect light.

This plant is a natural air purifier and can remove toxins from the air.

Ficus Benghalensis, commonly known as the banyan fig or Indian banyan, is a tree native to the Indian subcontinent. Specimens in India are among the largest trees in the world by canopy coverage.

Bengal fig Audrey styled in an interior
Bengal Fig Tree, Ficus Benghalensis 'Audrey' - Plant Drop

Nurture Guide

This ficus, like most others is happiest situated in indirect bright light. It is happy in most rooms, with a temperature of 16-24°C. It does not like draughts and this can cause the leaves to discolour.

Allow the top two inches of soil to dry out between waterings. Apply a general houseplant feed in the summer months.

If leaves are broken a sap will bleed, which is an irritant and should be kept away from eyes, pets and children.

Ficus commonly lose leaves when settling into a new home.

Preferred Soil

Houseplant Mix

Characteristics

Evergreen

A different kind of fiddle-leaf fig, with white veined leaves and a pale single stem. Not only does it add a lighter touch to your home, it is a very forgiving houseplant.

You may know it as the Ficus Audrey — widely tipped as the easier fiddle-leaf fig alternative: the same statement presence, but far more forgiving of missed waterings and imperfect light.

This plant is a natural air purifier and can remove toxins from the air.

Ficus Benghalensis, commonly known as the banyan fig or Indian banyan, is a tree native to the Indian subcontinent. Specimens in India are among the largest trees in the world by canopy coverage.

The best space & place

This ficus, like most others is happiest situated in indirect bright light. It is happy in most rooms, with a temperature of 16-24°C. It does not like draughts and this can cause the leaves to discolour.

When to water & feed

Allow the top two inches of soil to dry out between waterings. Apply a general purpose houseplant feed like Mir in the summer months.

Need to know

When trimming leaves to create a desirable shape, a sap will bleed, which is an irritant and should be kept away from eyes, pets and children.

Please note that ficus commonly lose leaves when becoming used to their new home, and this is perfectly normal and once settled will stop losing its leaves.

Read full care guide.

Size Information:

Height (Including pot): 130-150cm
Nursery Potsize (Diameter / Height): ø30cm / H28cm
Decorative Pot Required (Opening / Internal Height): 31cm+ / H29cm+


Decorative pot not included. The plant will be delivered in a plastic nursery pot.

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Printed care guides

Every plant is dispatched with a printed care guide helping you welcome it home.

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