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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2007 17:38:14 GMT
Have fallen in love with this plant at my local GC. Just wondering, is 20 quid expensive for a specimen approx 60cm tall/wide? Also, are there any special requirements for it to thrive? I was planning on putting it in a shady north facing border  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2007 17:43:42 GMT
Hi RM ... 20 quid seems quite dear ... but on the upside, mine is in a shady border and thriving! They grow fast and look lovely as a background plant ... cheers ...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2007 18:01:35 GMT
I love the look of it! ;D The one I have my eye on is really bushy and gorgeous...I can see me accidently buying it  |
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Post by andy on Mar 16, 2007 20:53:24 GMT
£20 is extortionate
Buy a small specimen either in the hardy plants section or the houseplant section (they're both the same plant) and grow it on....should cost around £7-8 and will grow like mad when it gets going.
But if you really like everything about this particular plant then go for it....otherwise you'll regret it !!!!
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Post by Chuckles on Mar 16, 2007 22:27:36 GMT
Looking at it from a different angle RM you could get 3 for almost the same price  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2007 17:53:04 GMT
I agree with Andy. Buy a smaller speciment and grow it on...they grow reasonable fast. I have one in a pot and paid about £6 for it three years ago.....it would've cost £30 for the same size one that it is now.
I love the shape of this plant.
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Post by Jonah on Mar 17, 2007 22:14:05 GMT
I agree too! I got a 2 litre pot one a couple of years ago and it is about 4 foot tall now. Once they get going there doesn't seem any stopping them. I got flowers for the first time this year, very striking they are.  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2007 22:29:20 GMT
He he...i'm having to repot mine this year into a huge pot....i got flowers this year too....not sure i'll get them every year though as the growing season is usually quite short up here.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2007 12:07:17 GMT
There seems to be no limit to fatsia's growth, given the right conditions; a few doors down from us is a derelict house with a garden we can see from upstairs and there's a huge tree-sized fatsia .... loks gorgeous (the house was recently bought and is being renovated, hopefully the new owners will leave the fatsia alone, or at least just prune it ...) ... cheers ...
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Post by isabella on Mar 18, 2007 19:18:46 GMT
£20.00 is a lot to pay for a plant that size! As everyone has said they do grow quickly - I started off with a £2.99 one and 3 years later it is about 4' tall |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2007 10:53:12 GMT
Well, I didn't buy it ...I went elsewhere and got a smaller specimen for 4.99 ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2007 11:05:44 GMT
RM - That means you've got 15 quid to spend on other plants!!!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2007 12:41:54 GMT
Congratulations on your baby, RM ... now, that sounds like a more reasonable price!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2007 16:42:13 GMT
That sounds more like it.....it will grow in no time. Here's a pic of it beginning of last summer....it's outgrown this pot now... Fatsia Japonica |
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Post by isabella on Mar 19, 2007 19:31:47 GMT
That's better RM - what are you going to buy with the £15.00 you saved?  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2007 20:53:37 GMT
Repotted mine today.....so it should now grow even bigger....was just at the right stage for potting on. Not bad really as was in t'other pot for 3 years. |
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