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Caster Oil Plant Fatsia japonica Spiders Web
Caster Oil Plant Fatsia japonica Spiders Web
Caster Oil Plant Fatsia japonica Spiders Web
Caster Oil Plant Fatsia japonica Spiders Web
Caster Oil Plant Fatsia japonica Spiders Web
Caster Oil Plant Fatsia japonica Spiders Web
Caster Oil Plant Fatsia japonica Spiders Web
Caster Oil Plant Fatsia japonica Spiders Web

Caster Oil Plant Fatsia japonica 'Spider's Web'

Enjoy year-long colour in your garden
Grows to
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250 cm
250 cm
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RHS Perfect Pollinators
Perfect In Pots
Perfect In Pots
Plant In Shade
Plant In Shade
Plant In Sunshine
Plant In Sunshine
Winter Hardy
Winter Hardy
Easy To Grow
Easy To Grow
Wildlife Friendly
Wildlife Friendly

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Item: 511490
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  • Frosted leaves bring evergreen colour to the garden throughout the year
  • Also known as the 'Japanese aralia' or 'Castor Oil Plant' - it's easy to grow and maintain
  • A great plant for tricky-to-fill shaded areas where others struggle
  • Perfect in a pot on your decking or terrace
  • Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot ready for planting straight out
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A spectacular evergreen shrub, Fatsia japonica 'Spider's Web' produces impressive, serrated glossy-green leaves highlighted with a frosted lacework of light webbing giving interest in any season.

Boasting a number of common names, including 'Japanese aralia' or 'Castor Oil Plant', mature Fatsia produce exotic umbrellas of creamy white flowers, followed by attractive deep purple, almost black, berries.

A perfect plant for any gardener to grow, including complete novices and seasoned professionals, 'Fatsia japonica' will grow well in almost any garden and is a great plant for those particularly difficult shaded areas, where others may struggle - in fact they perform best in light, dappled shade, making a glossy backdrop for other plants with amazing palmate leaves.

This variety is compact enough to fit in a large pot for the patio, where the architectural shape will make a dramatic, tropical feature. Plants need very little attention to give amazing results especially for those that are strapped for time.

Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready for planting straight into the garden, grows to 2.5m.

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Item 511490 supplied as:
1 x 9cm Pot

Top Tips

Use 'Spider's Web' fatsia to lighten shady areas of the garden.

Care Information

Planting Advice for Fatsia japonica 'Spider's Web':

  • Shrub roots tend to spread out rather than down, so dig a planting hole 3 x wider than the roots of the shrub you're planting and mix some well-rotted compost or manure with the soil from the hole and use this to re-fill one the shrub is in place.
  • Before planting soak container-grown shrubs thoroughly and allow to drain.
  • Remove the plant from its pot and tease out a few of the roots.
  • Add Mycorrhizal fungi to the roots when planting to help plants establish quicker.
  • Place your shrub in the hole at the same level at the pot.
  • Refill the hole with the earth removed, backfilling, and firm in the soil with your heel, avoiding the root ball.
  • Water well and mulch around the base of the plant with a collar, compost, gravel, bark etc

Aftercare advice for your Fatsia plant:

  • Best in dappled shade where it will bring an almost tropical look to beds and borders.
  • Not fussy with soil type and in fact is happiest in heavy clay.
  • Protect plants from cold, drying winds.
  • Older leaves may turn yellow and then brown - just trim them off leaving a 1in stub which quickly falls off.
  • Leaves will blacken in extreme cold (-4°C or below) but miraculously the plant will quickly recover as the temperature rises - any damaged foliage can then be cut back.

Pruning Advice for your Castor oil plant:

  • Prune lightly in mid to late spring, trimming back any shoots that spoil its shape.
  • Older plants will tolerate rough treatment and the odd hack back is soon forgotten with a burst of new growth.

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250 cm
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