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New arrivalPhotographs are of our actual stock, taken at the nursery. Plants are living things — expect small differences in shape and leaf count from the plant shown.
Outdoor Plants
Schefflera (Umbrella Plant)
Schefflera arboricola
Each leaf is a whorl of glossy leaflets radiating from one stalk like the ribs of an umbrella, and a mature plant carries hundreds of them. It builds into a dense, rounded shrub that takes hard clipping, which makes it one of the most useful informal hedging plants for a courtyard.
It is equally happy in a large pot indoors in bright light, which is unusual for something this tough outdoors. Cut the leader out early if you want it bushy rather than upright.
- Takes hard clipping — works as an informal hedge or a specimen
- One of the few genuinely dual-purpose indoor and outdoor shrubs
- Dense enough to screen a boundary within two seasons
Rs 1,000for the 12 inch pot
Inclusive of pot and mix. Delivery Rs 350, free over Rs 5,000.
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Never bought in and resold
At a glance
- Mature size
- 1.5–3 m
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Difficulty
- Easy to keep
- Around pets
- Keep away from cats, dogs and small children
Partial shadeBright lightHedgeCourtyardLarge potAir purifying
How to look after your Schefflera (Umbrella Plant)
Written for Pakistani conditions — long hot summers, dry winter air, and hard tap water. Follow this rather than advice written for a temperate climate.
- Light
- Bright light, including a few hours of direct morning sun. Ficus dislikes being moved — pick a spot and leave it.
- Water
- When the top 3–4 cm dries out. Consistency matters more than volume; erratic watering causes leaf drop.
- Humidity
- Moderate to high. Dry air causes leaf-edge browning on fiddle leaf figs in particular.
- Soil
- Well-draining, loam-based mix.
- Feeding
- Balanced feed every 3 weeks from March to September.
- Temperature
- 18–32°C. Above 13°C in winter, away from draughts.
If something goes wrong
Sudden leaf drop after coming home
Why it happens: Shock from the change in light and humidity.
What to do: Normal. Keep conditions steady and do not repot for at least a month. New growth follows.
Brown blotches spreading from the leaf edge
Why it happens: Overwatering or root damage.
What to do: Check that water is draining freely and let the mix dry further between waterings.
Leaning toward the window
Why it happens: Phototropism.
What to do: Turn the pot a quarter-turn every fortnight.
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