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Hi, I've just been given a fatsia japonica. It's about 2 feet high and
bushy, but in a very small shallow pot.

I'll re-pot it in spring, but is it best kept indoors until then please?

Indoor environment - cool, warm in the evenings when I've got the heating
on. Choice of south or east facing windows or shade. I guess the air is
pretty dry.

Outside environment - choice or direct sunlight or shade, but very very
windy (it's a riverside terrace so the air is never still). It'll be blown
over in minutes if I don't surround it with bricks.

Any help much appreciated, thanks.

Tom
When our Fatsia became too big for indoors, I planted it out in the garden
with little hope of it's survival. I live in Aberdeen, and it is now in it's
5th winter - has grown to 2m tall, has flowered, and I am now contemplating
hacking it back as it will soon outgrown it's space in the garden. It's not
against a sheltered wall - no special treatment. So, in brief, I think
they're pretty hardy!
Chris S



Established plants are tough because the leaves shield the stems from the
frost but small plants as described will be killed to the ground by a -6c
event or worse so grow it on until its bigger then they seem pretty tough
(-4c here last night and tonights looking colder)
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea