Spider’s Web Fatsia – Japanese Aralia Paper Plant – 5 Gallon Pot

With its large palmate leaves, at first sight one might assume that Spider’s Web Fatsia is a tropical plant. But it’s far from it. Fatsia is actually a quite cold hardy broadleaf evergreen shrub listed for outdoor growing in USDA Zones 8a and further south. Live and garden north of zone 8? You’ll be happy to know Fatsia can be grown in pots that can be brought indoors during the winter, or grown year round as an indoor house plant.

Spider’s Web Fatsia is unique from other varieties in that its large leaves appear as though they’ve been airbrushed and speckled with white paint, a characteristic that’s sure to light up shady areas in your landscape and gardens. Leaves emerge frosted white and gradually transition to green. The plant loves heat and humidity and stands up to the cold equally as well. When growing in the ground, Fatsia is hardy down to zero degrees! 

For our customers living in coastal areas you’ll be happy to know this stunning beauty also tolerates salty air.

Growing in a mound 3 to 5 feet tall and equally as wide, Spider’s Web Fatsia is ideal for use as an accent, in groupings, or as a natural low hedge in shady to partially shaded home foundation plantings, landscape borders and garden beds. In home foundation plantings, it does best on the east side of the home, which receives the morning sun but shade in the afternoon. Very nice around garden ponds and definitely brings a feel of the tropics to any garden. Fatsia also makes a great container plant for use outdoors or as a year round houseplant. For those who live and garden north of USDA Zone 8a, containers can be overwintered indoors.

Suggested Spacing: 3 to 4 feet apart for solid hedge; 8 feet apart for space between plants

Note:  For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 8a, where this Fatsia variety is not reliably winter hardy, you’ll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.

Fatsia are exceptionally easy to grow in most any moist but well-drained soil of average fertility and part shade to shade. Avoid direct afternoon sun. Morning and/or late evening sun is okay. Constantly soggy soil or standing water is problematic, so plant in a well-drained site. No pruning necessary however a damaged leaf can be removed any time of year. Fatsia make great container plants and can be enjoyed indoors where not winter hardy.

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