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from "Peter Green" contains these words:

The fatsia is in sun some of the time and is in at least
part shade most of the day. My biggest worry was that the soil wasn't well
drained enough. It's certainly not dry.

Thanks for your help. I don't feel like it would survive a move and although
I've got a shadier spot, it's pretty dry and wouldn't be suitable. I think I
might try it in a big pot and nurture it over the next 12 months.

Years ago we had a garden with a monster fatsia growing in a very dry
spot; it looked very decrepit but feeding and tidying dead old leaves
restored its looks and vitality. I don't think they mind dry, or moving;
they are incredibly tough.

Last winter, a neighbour who wanted to get rig of their 4ft fatsia dug
it up (badly) then offered it to me a couple of days later. I bunged it
in a hastily excavated temporary hole in the veg garden; moved it to
another because I needed to work where it was, and finally got round to
planting it properly somewhere else, a couple of weeks ago. So the poor
thing has been homeless for several months. Nevertheless it's still
alive and although the top buds died, new growth is starting lower down.

Janet.