Fatsia polycarpa
Family - Araliaceae
Category - Shrub
Origin - Taiwan
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
Hardiness - H4
Height - 3m
Width - 2m
Location - The Stumpery
Description: Medium-sized Evergreen Shrub with upright branches and an overall rounded habit. The large, showy leaves are dark grey-green and palmately lobed. Each leaf is deeply Dissected, more so than Fatsia japonica, with long, slender lobes pointed at the tips. Small, white, star-shaped flowers are produced in spherical umbels in late winter. The flowers are followed by round berries that ripen to purple in spring.
Flower:
Small, white, star-shaped flowers are produced in spherical umbels in February. The stems and umbels are covered in tawny-brown indumentum before fully extended. The flowers are followed by round berries that ripen to purple in spring.
Flower colour: White
Flower shape: Star-shaped flowers in umbels
Flowering time: February
Foliage:
Dark grey-green, palmately lobed leaves are deeply Dissected. The lobes are longer and more slender than those seen on Fatsia japonica. The leaves are held on strong, long petioles and arranged Alternately up the stems.
Foliage Senescence: Evergreen
Foliage Shape: Palmately lobed
Propagation:
Cuttings, seed.
Cultivation:
Best in a sheltered position in sun or shade. Fatsia polycarpa prefers fertile, moisture-retentive, but well-drained soil.