Fatsia hardiness poll

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Fatsia Japonica hardiness poll

-5C
3
7%
-10C
7
17%
-11C
1
2%
-12C
7
17%
-13C
0
No votes
-14C
0
No votes
-15C
12
29%
-16C
2
5%
-17C
5
12%
-18C
1
2%
-19C
2
5%
-20C
1
2%
lower
1
2%
 
Total votes: 42

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eddie
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Fatsia hardiness poll

Post by eddie »

At the botanical garden here in Delft the (very old) Fatsia survived -16C
What temps did your Fatsia take?
Here they are sold as houseplants :D
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GoggleboxUK

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Post by GoggleboxUK »

I had to vote -5c because that's as low as things got here this year and I didn't have any last winter but I know they are much, much hardier than that.

-5 was in pots, completely frozen through.
outatime1978

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Post by outatime1978 »

all i know is that they are tough as old boots,they always look s**t on real cold days but when the temp rises they spring back :D i voted -10 which i had in 2010,-6.7 for 2012.
musabasjoos

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Post by musabasjoos »

-15c for me winter of 2010/2011. With just a bit of scorching on the newer growth.
Zephyr

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Post by Zephyr »

We got to about -12 here for a night or two, they seem fine.
flounder

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Post by flounder »

same as, -8.2c looking a bit sorry for themselves. Perked up with rising temps
tropical Tom

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Post by tropical Tom »

Last winter we -15, my fatsia was badly affected and I had to cut it right back, even after a complete growing season it's still not caught up so I'd go for about -12
Dim

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Post by Dim »

I planted a tiny one in a garden in November (paid a fiver for it from B&Q)

it is less than 1 foot tall .... we had temperatures of -16 degrees C in cambridge, and it was covered in snow

I uncovered it from the snow .... (the stalks felt brittle) and it drooped and lay flat on the soil

checked it yesterday and it's in perfect health now, bright green and is making new leaves

amazing shrub
call

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Post by call »

i selected -5 cos although i dont have one all the others around here are fine and i only got -5 :D
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Yorkshire Kris
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Post by Yorkshire Kris »

-10 is a pot!
jezza

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Post by jezza »

I selected -17c as although the officially recorded temp was -19c, being on top of a hill means i normally see temps a couple of degrees higher than the weather station in the valley.
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eddie
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Post by eddie »

Nice responses, looks like Fatsia is fully hardy, great! A survivor at -18C reported icon_thumleft

I love this plant as it looks dead as dead can be in freezes and comes back to life when the frost is gone. Mine looked black an lifeless this feb, and looks like new again today

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Tom2006
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Post by Tom2006 »

Mine has got through the last few winters laughing all the way with -15C being the lowest although we had two + weeks of sub zero temps day and night.
Most wanted list - Any Young Trachycarpus and/or fern.
Darlo Mark

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Post by Darlo Mark »

same here took -15 december 10, didn't look bothered by weeks of sub zero temps.
Bone hardy in my opinion.
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Post by Dave Brown »

The reason it is sold as a house plant is that is how they sell it in the US. It is only hardy near coasts even at quite low latitudes. Places that regularly get -12C don't grow it outside, even if they get +35C in summer.

I've heard it all before with Chamaerops.... "bone Hardy" and some even claimed it withstood -18C. The fact was that anywhere that had an official reading of -18C they were well and truly toasted and dead.

I lost the top 2 feet off my 8ft tall, 10ft wide Fatsia, at -10C in Dec 2010, and growth was very weak last year.
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