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Show me your Fatsia

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 3:34 pm
by allangreenbean
Fatsia Japonica, surely the backbone of any tropical looking garden.

Apparently these can grow to some spectacular sizes, I believe MR list has or did have one he dug up/borrowed from somewhere which was quite impressive .

Please post your Fatsia pictures and tell us about the varieties that are available.

Fatshedra or large leaved ivy's also excepted.

Post your photo's, share your knowledge.

Re: Show me your Fatsia

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 5:43 pm
by cordyman
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pic from a fine day in November, on the right Fatsia Moseri


"More dramatic foliage and fruits than the normal F Japonica. Very large digitate leathery, evergreen leaves. Each leaf grows up to 45cm wide. Compound heads of white flowers arranged in spherical clusters in October to January. Partial to full shade in sheltered position"

Re: Show me your Fatsia

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 6:12 pm
by miketropic
Im about to order a fatsia japonica "spiders web" from a guy in the UK I'll post a pic when it gets here.

Re: Show me your Fatsia

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 6:24 pm
by jezza
Just the normal japonica for me. I did think about buying the variegated one but heard they aren't as hardy.

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Re: Show me your Fatsia

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 7:44 pm
by joolz68
I bought a fatsia polycarpa approx 2 month ago its not very big thou ...look beyond the wind swept cordy to your left in the pic :D
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Re: Show me your Fatsia

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 8:01 pm
by allangreenbean
Some very nice specimens.

Cordyman, I guess you were playing spot the Fatsia :) I see you were obviously doing some beer gardening as well :wink:

Joolz, are you going to give your polycarpa some winter exposure when it gets bigger, Colin at Swines Meadow is seeing how his does outside unprotected over winter.

Jezza, very pretty example icon_salut

How about some large specimens and some other varieties.

Re: Show me your Fatsia

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 8:21 pm
by joolz68
allangreenbean wrote:Some very nice specimens.

Cordyman, I guess you were playing spot the Fatsia :) I see you were obviously doing some beer gardening as well :wink:

Joolz, are you going to give your polycarpa some winter exposure when it gets bigger, Colin at Swines Meadow is seeing how his does outside unprotected over winter.

Jezza, very pretty example icon_salut

How about some large specimens and some other varieties.
Well if colins lives through this winter allan i just might do next yr ..if it gets some decent growth on it during our next heat wave that is :lol: its on my bedroom window sill now..im too soft :D

Re: Show me your Fatsia

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 8:32 pm
by call
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my annelsie :D i also have a spiders web but is very small and have no pictures at the moment might upload some later.

Re: Show me your Fatsia

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 9:31 pm
by Adrian
A few Fatsias here, annelise, spiders web, unnamed variegated and a few standard forms.
This one gets hacked into to keep it in check, Im forever cutting big limbs from it.

Re: Show me your Fatsia

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 9:35 pm
by Adrian
oops wrong pic, heres another to show it a bit better.

Re: Show me your Fatsia

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 10:05 pm
by allangreenbean
Adrian wrote:oops wrong pic, heres another to show it a bit better.
That's certainly a monster Adrian, that's given me an idea of how big they can get.

Call, what are those daisies next to your fatsia, was just looking at some celmisia.

Re: Show me your Fatsia

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 10:19 pm
by Mr List
i have three tiny annelise and one tiny spidersweb that have been unprotected in the cold that has just finished and i am surprised that they all look undamaged.

i'll have to get my camera out,
garden fatsia count:

regular
big one 'borrowed' in a 1m cube planter
2 in the ground
2 in pots

spiders web
1 been in a year
1 planted a couple months ago
both from duchy

annelise/annemie
3 little ones in the ground bought a couple of months ago for £6 each.

variegata
2 in the ground ,since this summer. from B&Q

i think it looks good to plant some of the variegated ones under a bigger plain green one.
it brightens the shade under the plain form and the bigger one provides over head protection

Re: Show me your Fatsia

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 10:22 pm
by allangreenbean
Mr List wrote:i have three tiny annelise and one tiny spidersweb that have been unprotected in the cold that has just finished and i am surprised that they all look undamaged.

i'll have to get my camera out,
garden fatsia count:

regular
big one 'borrowed' in a 1m cube planter
2 in the ground
2 in pots

spiders web
1 been in a year
1 planted a couple months ago
both from duchy

annelise/annemie
3 little ones in the ground bought a couple of months ago for £6 each.

variegata
2 in the ground ,since this summer. from B&Q

i think it looks good to plant some of the variegated ones under a bigger plain green one.
it brightens the shade under the plain form and the bigger one provides over head protection
Looking forward to seeing the pics, especially of the big one.

Saw some nice blue cube planters at B n Q currently at half price, waiting to see if they get any cheaper as there are loads left.

Re: Show me your Fatsia

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 11:26 pm
by call
allangreenbean wrote: Call, what are those daisies next to your fatsia, was just looking at some celmisia.
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Re: Show me your Fatsia

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 11:42 pm
by JBALLY
One of my customers have a 25 foot fatsia japonica, its only the common green form but is more tree like now than a shrub. It is growing near a lagre brick wall so is quite protected and looks very impressive. It has also not had any damage from the recent cold winters and looks good all year round. Another customer has a smaller 12 foot specimen but their garden is quite exposed and it has open fields behind it so the fatsia ( also common green form ) has suffered die back in most of the recent winters but always looks better after a early summer tidy up and when it has put on a bit of new growth.