@GardenerSuze - you can edit your posts if you wish, rather than having to do another one. You have about an hour after the initial one. The little cog top right is the one to click on .
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
The roots are a bright yellow which may or may not be helpful in the circumstances!
I wonder if that was what I pulled out of my front garden when I moved in.
Lots of roots under the soil and they were bright yellow! One of the elderly neighbours said there was a "castor oil plant" in there but I wasn't aware Fatsia had bright yellow roots.
Fatsia japonica doesn't @TheGreenMan. It also isn't a castor oil plant. That's one of these problematic terms used for it - 'false castor oil plant' . The castor oil plant is actually Ricinus, which is poisonous, although I think it's mainly the seeds rather than foliage etc.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Fatsia japonica doesn't @TheGreenMan. It also isn't a castor oil plant. That's one of these problematic terms used for it - 'false castor oil plant' . The castor oil plant is actually Ricinus, which is poisonous, although I think it's mainly the seeds rather than foliage etc.
Aaaaaaaaaaaah. As in naughty ricin! Every day is a school day
It's one of those things that crops up now and again. It's why we like people to use the correct botanical names when asking for advice. Common names are a nightmare, because many different species have the same, or similar, common names. It can lead to totally incorrect advice.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Admittedly yours looks dead but sometimes they can play dead for a few years and spring back to life. Our neighbour had one on our boundary. I was glad to see it gone - no more spiky dead leaves but then a couple of years ago ,it was back. Nice flowers and blackbirds love the berries, though. I don't think you'd want to leave it in such a prominent position to see if it does a Lazarus. Better to replace it.
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The little cog top right is the one to click on .
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
It also isn't a castor oil plant. That's one of these problematic terms used for it - 'false castor oil plant' .
The castor oil plant is actually Ricinus, which is poisonous, although I think it's mainly the seeds rather than foliage etc.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Aaaaaaaaaaaah. As in naughty ricin! Every day is a school day
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I don't think you'd want to leave it in such a prominent position to see if it does a Lazarus. Better to replace it.