What is the Japanese Aralia?

Fatsia japonica or Japanese aralia is one of the three species of evergreen shrubs in the family Fatsia family Araliaceae . This species comes from southern Japan, Korea and Tai -wan. It can be kept as a house plant or in a container garden most of the world. It multiplies from both seeds and chains. The Japanese Aralia is an easily growth plant that is resistant to most diseases and pests of plants. It grows best at the US Department of Agriculture Resistant Zone seven to ten. This means that the lowest tolerable temperature for this plant is 0 ° Fahrenheit (-17.7 ° Celsius). This type of fatsie grows best in the sun, light shade or partial shadow and in an area that is protected or species with northern exposure. The Japanese Aralia can be grown in a damp, well -drained soil, which has a pH level in the range of 6.1 to 7.8, or slight acid to slightly alkaline. Huge, leather, green leaves have seven to nine sincerely serrated lobes,which are between 8 and 19 inches (20-50 cm) across. Mature plants produce clusters of small creamy flowers from the end of summer to the center of autumn and sometime until the beginning of winter. Flowers grow on a long white stem. At the end of the winter, the Japanese aralia bears bright green fruits that blamed.

gardeners can use the shrub as a plant on the terrace in warm and cold climates. In a cold climate it must be brought in the winter or when the temperature drops below zero. When planting garden bed linen, plant leaves are often used as a focus. More Japanese aralia on the same bedding should be spread between 10 and 12 feet (3-3.6 meters) apart.

This shrub can promote cuts of wooden stems, soft wood or cuttings from semi-hardwood. New plants can also be started from seed. If the seeds are used, it should be started inside before the last frost. To jaThe seedlings can be transplanted after the last frost.

Japanese Aralia is very easy to care. To keep it prosperous, fog it with water without lime twice or three times a week. The leaves can be cleaned with a damp cloth. This plant is susceptible to spiders, aphids and scale. Whenever the plant is ill or contaminated, it should be isolated from other plants and treated with the appropriate insecticide. Maintaining healthy plants is generally the best defense against pests and diseases.