I have a HUGE fatsia japonica in my garden, it's at least 25 years old, it was my grandma's. It's so huge it also has fruit! (I live in northern Italy)
I don't see enough people raving about fatsia! It's so beautiful and shiny, I don't know why it's not appreciated more 😊 Thank you for this super informative video!
I got mine as an indoor plant and left it to quarantine in my basement (which gets medium indirect light). I went without watering it for a little too long. I’m happy to share that THIS PLANT WILL TELL YOU WHEN IT’S THIRSTY! The leaves went limp and the stems on the larger leaves just drooped downwards and perked up pretty quickly after a good watering.
Best plant youtuber. I love the detailed videos about the plant rather that the typical “I have this plant and watch me repot it”. Your videos are definitely the most educational! Thank you for what you do!
I rotted the roots off my camouflage fatsia shortly after getting it. I ended up cutting the top of and rooting it in soilless media. It is growing well now.
Thank you, a very helpful video. I am new to indoor plants, my japonica was my one of the first plants I bought, I luv it. I do give it a bit of water regularly as it will get droopy otherwise. Now with regular little bits of water it has never dropped again and is one of my star plants that always looks good and definitely no bugs !!
Brilliant, informative video without lots of waffle! Hopefully my new plant family member will thrive now that I have all this great info on how to care for it. Thanks 🪴🍃
Omg yes I just hadddd to buy this when I saw it because I kept thinking about tree stars!!! You read my mind. But Planta said not to because they are too hard to take care of. Hopefully I don’t kill it
I’ve been having this plant for almost two years … I trimmed a cutting and 6 months later it’s a little .. tooo sad and I don’t know what to do . I added dirt and mixed it but nothing . I watered it today hopefully it gets back up and glowing …
Thanks for the share. I am trying to revive mine indoors - its leaves are yellowing and i forgot to bring it inside when we had the frost. I live in Northern California.
Frost is no problem for Fatsia. It can easily tolerate way more than what you likely get in N Calif. The plant itself can tolerate some minus 15 Celsius. (approx 5*F). I live in Southern New Zealand, I think Yanks would call this climate "9a/b". Certainly Lemon trees grow well here and many home gardeners grow Oranges, but they don't grow well enough to be commercially profitable. Every few years we get a dusting of snow that melts within a day. Once every 10 years the snow may last for 2 or 3 days. But for example, we do not have "Winter" or "All Season" tyres here, and on Winter mornings they scatter small "grit" stones across roads, but NOT road-salt. On those snowy days I have seen the flower/seed heads of Fatsia/Aralia become damaged by the cold, but the plant, leaves and stems, is always fine. They are a popular hardy plant outdoors here, especially in small commercial gardens, like around the base of office buildings etc where they are "low maintenance". Established plants don't need any extra water even during our driest Summers. Plants grown outside can be hardened to full Sun and plants in the ground will tolerate Full Sun, although their leaves look pale green almost yellow. Deep green leaves will display if the plant is grown in medium to heavy shade. (On this Hemisphere of the world) that means plants located up against South facing walls, so they only get direct Sunlight, briefly around Sunrise and Sunset during the midSummer period. A neighbour's plant was growing in absolute full Sun, about 3 metres tall (10 feet) and used to drop many seeds over my side of the fence. Seedlings would often pop up in the ground or my nearby potted plants so I would transplant the small seedlings and pot them up and grow them on. Some of my plants are now big enough to have flowered and seeds themselves. I don't think that Northern California light frosts would cause leaf yellowing. Most likely it's just the effect of growing in strong Sunshine. Strong Sun and warmth with plenty of water will make for more and faster growth, but shaded conditions give lusher greener looking leaves. . They can grow this plant outside in the ground throughout England/Britain and inland Europe such as Czecho/Slovakia. Perhaps only high altitude mountain inland California gets such levels of sustained freezing temperatures ?
Great information vid. I've had one for about 4mnths now. In a high tunnel greenhouse zone 8a. The leaves have not grown at all. Sprout is brown and has been since bringing it home. Is my fatsia going dormant, or dying?
@@gardenoftwitty My sprouts on a recent purchase (lives in my humid, sky-lighted bathroom and loves it) start off kind of brown but seem to green up as they age.
I really enjoyed your video about Japanese aronica az I have one and it grows so fast .And luvs water Can u let me no if it's toxic to cats or it's fine isy cat goes near it az heas a very investigater 🐱
Very informative video, thanks for that! May I ask if the brown "hairy/dusty' thing on the stems are natural and should be left on or perhaps I wipe them off?
My Dad grew one in front of their house, it's still there, in the ground, in San Diego. I've tried to take cuttings, even small plants, and can't grow it. I even tried propogating in water-went to mush. I think maybe it's too hot where I live for it to be an outdoor plant. 😔😞
Very straightforward- no nonsense (there are plenty of that in RU-vid, it's such a total waste of time) and informative. I appreciate this video because I have been nursing a Fatshedera lizei which is a cross-breed with English ivy. My question is, does my Fatshedera lizei propagate the same way as the F. japonica ??? I've had some cuttings in water for weeks now and none of them have any signs of rooting. Any insight? Thanks hun. This is my first time seeing your video - great job!
Try putting it in damp sphagnum moss, I can't say it will 100% work but I've had various cutting root up way faster in sphagnum moss over water so it's worth a try just make sure you keep it damp.
Sooo, I was changing the propagation water in one of the Fatshedera cuttings (this one has the young shoot from the main plant, with smaller leaves) and I saw some roots...this was cut later than my older shoot props...I'll try the sphagnum prop trick! Much appreciated!
I have these next to my house and they are huge. About 25 years old. Do I need to worry about it damaging the foundation??? Not sure if I should remove them and the roots?
Definitely WRONG, I've got seedlings grown from my neighbour's tree, that are only maybe 5 or 10 years old and flowering already. Plus they're potbound sitting amongst other plants in the garden. They can grow fast outside in the ground, they can tolerate substantial frost, certainly growing throughout Britain and even Czechoslavkia region in inland Europe.
the leaves from my fatsia japonica are dramatically hanging down :/ they’re pretty big so i thought it could be because of their weight but they literally hang onto the ground. my fatsia is really big in general and stands near a south facing window but it doesn’t get any sun. i also thought of repotting, but i’m scared it’ll make things worse. any tips ? i tried everything but i don’t know what to do anymore, it just looks so sad, droopy and unhealthy
Unlikely compared to full sized "woody" trees. It forms a bushy shrub with semi-soft fleshy stems about 10 feet/ 3 metres wide and tall. I wouldn't be worried about the roots of such a bush.
