My mature garden Fatsia Japonica is dying

victoria.friend · May 2021

Just got home from a week away to find a mass of leaves have dropped from my Fatsia Japonica in recent days and the leaf buds are black at the tips. The whole plant looks like it is dying. It was mature when we moved into the house 15 years ago and has been going great guns ever since. Help please. Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do? I can't see any mites or infestations and there is no apparent reason for this. I'm so upset!

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philippasmith2 · May 2021

Do you know ( from your neighbours perhaps ) what the weather was like whilst you were away ? Frosty maybe ?

victoria.friend · May 2021

There was a bit of frost, but nothing really dramatic. It has survived worse before and it is in quite a sheltered spot. A lot of these blackened leaf buds are lower down on the plant too, even less exposed.

My mature garden Fatsia Japonica is dying

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