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Stan
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:52 pm Posts: 10687 Location: Hayward- S.F. Bay area Ca.
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Why are you not growing Fatsia polycarpa?
I just saw this by accident looking for something else. What an exotic looking Fatsia. I take as hardy as the regular. I like the variety's of F.polycarpa on the net like Needham and some other very nice looking cut leaved plants.
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Sat Nov 19, 2016 8:35 pm |
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neobb
Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:17 pm Posts: 582 Location: vancouver, canada
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Re: Why are you not growing Fatsia polycarpa?
Hi Stan, I am growing this in Vancouver. There are some great specimens in Portland. Some folks in Seattle are growing it too. I agree, it is a very attractive plant. Have you not seen it for sale in your area?
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Sat Nov 19, 2016 9:01 pm |
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Andy Martin
Joined: Thu Apr 24, 2008 8:58 pm Posts: 1279 Location: Oxford UK
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Re: Why are you not growing Fatsia polycarpa?
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Sat Nov 19, 2016 11:53 pm |
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Stan
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:52 pm Posts: 10687 Location: Hayward- S.F. Bay area Ca.
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Re: Why are you not growing Fatsia polycarpa?
Had never even heard of another Fatsia. After all these years I also finally saw Trochodendron for sale last month. THAT also looks very tropical..but hardy. As far as Fatsia polycarpa..I now see a few mentions of it in GOTE archives. Hmm,should have searched first.
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Sun Nov 20, 2016 2:05 am |
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Paul Spracklin
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:55 pm Posts: 2564 Location: North Thames delta UK
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Re: Why are you not growing Fatsia polycarpa?
Here are a couple of archive pics of mine from Edward Needham's garden c2004 of both the fine leaf form of F. polycarpa
and the 'giant' form. I struggle to see how the latter could remain as Fatsia polycarpa, seems totally different (although I haven't seen flowers). Edward called it, jokingly, Megafatsia macrophylla.
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Las Palmas Norte
Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:56 am Posts: 1249 Location: South East coast, Vancouver Island - British Columbia
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Re: Why are you not growing Fatsia polycarpa?
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Sun Nov 20, 2016 4:27 pm |
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neobb
Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:17 pm Posts: 582 Location: vancouver, canada
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Re: Why are you not growing Fatsia polycarpa?
Hi Barrie, I got it from Cistus nursery in Portland a few years ago. Not seen it for sale in Vancouver. Just curious, I remember seeing your very healthy Wollemi in a picture you posted. How did it do this past summer?
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Sun Nov 20, 2016 7:32 pm |
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NateInLondon
Joined: Thu May 05, 2016 10:44 pm Posts: 28 Location: NW London UK
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Re: Why are you not growing Fatsia polycarpa?
I'm with Stan on this. Everyone should grow F. polycarpa! Here is my 'Needham's form' that I picked up from the Desert to Jungle stand at Hampton Court flower show a few years ago https://flic.kr/p/PgU2JT This will be it's first winter planted out and and left to fend for itself. It's funny, I've never liked F. japonica, i've always thought it looked like a tame impression of an exotic plant! Polycarpa instantly won a place in my heart the first time I saw one though. The shape and texture of the leaves is just incredible for such a hardy shrub.
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Sun Nov 20, 2016 11:11 pm |
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BenC
Joined: Fri Dec 04, 2009 3:23 pm Posts: 298 Location: East Devon, UK
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Re: Why are you not growing Fatsia polycarpa?
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Mon Nov 21, 2016 8:28 am |
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Steven
Joined: Sun Aug 10, 2008 4:02 pm Posts: 2486
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Re: Why are you not growing Fatsia polycarpa?
F. polycarpa indeed seems to be as hardy as F. japonica, as an aquaintance of mine is growing it successfully for years! It's almost a Scheffy in terms of exoticism, but hard to aquire around here. "Tamer impression" of more exotic plants, Nate!? You should see what a fully grown specimen of F. japonica looks like, when it's at its finest! The leaves become HUGE, at least 50cm in diameter! Such specimen can become 4m tall with trunks of >15cm thickness! My own plant has grown to a stonking 2.5m in less than ten years, with leaves sized 30-40cm! I would never be without it. Nor without the other 3cv of F.j. I have in the garden As for the mentioned Trochodendron, this is simply one of the best buys I ever made, given one can provide it apt growing conditions: Treat it like a Rhododendron and it will reward you with pinkish new shoots, weird flowers and fine shiny foliage that even withstands the harshest winters! The layered branching habit is nice as well and it has an indestructable nature against pests and deseases!
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Mon Nov 21, 2016 8:57 am |
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Exotic Life
Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:21 pm Posts: 567 Location: Southwest of the Netherlands
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Re: Why are you not growing Fatsia polycarpa?
Unable to find over here unfortunately.
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Mon Nov 21, 2016 12:08 pm |
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David Matzdorf
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Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 4:06 pm Posts: 5321 Location: Islington, London UK
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Re: Why are you not growing Fatsia polycarpa?
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Kev Spence
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Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:59 pm Posts: 10902 Location: Loughborough, Leics, central UK
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Re: Why are you not growing Fatsia polycarpa?
I grow both Trochodendron can get hit by late frosts some years but will reshoot later in spring, a top plant, mine was covered in flowers this year. Tregrehan in Cornwall has some massive Fatsia polycarpa specimens
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Mon Nov 21, 2016 9:39 pm |
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Stan
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:52 pm Posts: 10687 Location: Hayward- S.F. Bay area Ca.
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Tue Nov 22, 2016 12:22 am |
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Steven
Joined: Sun Aug 10, 2008 4:02 pm Posts: 2486
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