Spider's Web Fatsia is a small exotic evergreen shrub with huge deeply-lobed palmate leaves that are a glossy dark green and gradually gains a showy white speckled variegation that reaches the center over three years. A late bloomer, Japanese Aralia has large clusters of creamy white flowers in umbels in fall that are followed by black fruits. Best shape in dappled sun and moist, well-drained soils.
MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance. No serious issues, but watch for mites and aphids. Overly moist soils can lead to root rot.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Rock Gardens, Near Ponds or Pools, Under-story Plantings, Foundation Plantings, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Lilac, Cast Iron Plant, Sarcococca
IMAGES: Meganesia, Fatsia japonica spiderweb, CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) Meganesia, Fatsia japonica 'Spider Web', CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Megan Hansen, Fatsia japonica 'Spider's Web', (4) Leonora (Ellie) Enking, Fatsia japonica 'Spider's Web'
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown
