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Grass1959 · May 2023

Last year this plant had lovely flowers for some reason none this year I'm not sure what the plant is but wild love to no it looks as though it has black berries on it have enclosed phots also would indeed to trim It back

Ladybird4 · May 2023

Hello @steve.jordan596saFeyS4. I think that your plant may be a Fatsia. These are lovely plants and are often kept as house plants as well as growing them in the garden. I notice (I think) that it is in a pot and may just be 'hungry'. I am not sure about cutting them back but I'm sure that someone will come along and give you good advice.

Dovefromabove · May 2023

@Fairygirl grows Fatsia japonica … I’ve given her a nudge

thevictorian · May 2023

They are in the ivy family which is where the black berries and ivy like flowers come from. They flower in the autumn and although ours flowered last year they didn't have anywhere near as many as they normally do.

JennyJ · May 2023

It is Fatsia, and the flowers come late in the year (followed by the black berries). I cut off what was left of last winter's flowers/berries a few weeks ago when I gave mine its annual spring prune to take out a few of the oldest branches. Yours is nice and bushy and doesn't look as if it needs much pruning, but you can take some branches out if you want to. It should regrow from just below the cuts so unless you want a bottlebrush shape, make the cuts as far down as you can get so the new growth comes from low down.

Fairygirl · May 2023

I just saw this @Dovefromabove, sorry. I wasn't around yesterday until later.
As the others have said, Fatsia. The flowers are later in the year, and very like ivy flowers/berries. Can be cut back if required, and mine usually needs that every spring as the winter gives it a hard time, but you can also do it for shaping, or if it's just too big for the space it's in.

I'd love to get flowers on mine but our season is too short, and the buds usually rot before they get a chance, so whether you get the flowers will depend on location and climate.
Annoyingly, there was plenty flowering last year round here, because the mild winter and record breaking summer meant they got a chance. Unfortunately, I'd cut mine back hard as I was hoping to move it, so it didn't even get as far as producing buds. Sod's Law!

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