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Anyone had success with (outdoor) scheffleras?

greatnorthernexoticgreatnorthernexotic Posts: 119
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Just wondering if anyone had had success in growing scheffleras outdoors? I lost a taiwaniana over winter although they are reportedly hardy. Is it worth persevering? Which other types are easy to grow outdoors? I'd love to add the macrophylla to my garden.
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  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @carletonexotic I cannot imagine they would be hardy in South Notts. I have always thought of them as a house plant.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340

    RHS reports Schefflera Taiwaniana as being quite hardy-

    H4: hardy through most of the UK (-10 to -5)

    So should be OK.

    And I found this re. macrophylla  -

    Schefflera (Araliaceae) BWJ16322

    macrophylla

    Undoubtedly the most dramatic species in cultivation at this time which we were pleased to introduce into cultivation in 2007. This collection from seed I collected around the 2000m from a mountain pass near the old French hill station of Sapa, in the northern most part of Vietnam in 2018. An area which does endure surprisingly cold winters at times, as in snow and ice down to 1,500m. Here it is normally seen as a single stemmed tree at 5-7m tall, topped with a wide canopy of exceptionally large leaves, composed of 3-5 paddle-shaped leaflets combining to form one meter wide leaves on long purple petioles (leaf stem) to 2m. You may think that would be enough, but on emerging the entire new growth is smothered in a ginger indumentum. Essential to grow out of strong winds in a warm site.

    Which I found here - 
    https://mailorder.crug-farm.co.uk/
    They seem to have a huge range of them

    Hopefully someone in on this forum has direct experience and can advise.


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  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    Schefflera Taiwaniana  RWJ10016
    .....we grew it is South Wales in a very sheltered spot.
    I love the leaves.
    At Branklyn Gardens NTS. Perth Scotland they have a Schefflera sp ...not sure which one. Next time i go I will check.No pics as it was not the prettiest I have seen.

    We used to grow a few more...see pics...
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/11713966@N02/albums/72157679767425986

     
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  • greatnorthernexoticgreatnorthernexotic Posts: 119
    Silver surfer said:
    Schefflera Taiwaniana  RWJ10016
    .....we grew it is South Wales in a very sheltered spot.
    I love the leaves.
    At Branklyn Gardens NTS. Perth Scotland they have a Schefflera sp ...not sure which one. Next time i go I will check.No pics as it was not the prettiest I have seen.

    We used to grow a few more...see pics...
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/11713966@N02/albums/72157679767425986

     
    Those look great, especially the one in the first few photos. I too had mine in a shady spot by an east-facing fence. Managed to get it through its first winter, added new growth, and then seemed to bite the dust over the winter just gone. Not sure what happened - perhaps too wet?
    Growing tropical and desert plants outdoors in West Yorkshire
    INSTAGRAM/ YOUTUBE
  • mauriceguO9RRVfmauriceguO9RRVf Posts: 1
    I grew Schefflera impressa (now for some reason S. rhododendrifolia) and S. taiwaniana outside at Arduaine Garden near Oban. Now I'm retired I grow S. rhododendrifolia - pictured today,  S. macrophylla and S. delavayi in my Oban garden and have a couple of S. taiwaniana coming on. Am I obsessed, or what!
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @mauriceguO9RRVf Thankyou for sharing your photo I would love to grow them. Here in the South Midlands they are house plants only.
    Your photo shows just  how diverse growing conditions are for gardeners who both write and read the forum. Welcome!
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
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