Beginner Gardening: Can anyone Identify?, 1 by tapla

tapla wrote:
It's a schefflera. It prefers a fast draining soil that is allowed to become quite but not entirely dry between waterings and lots of bright light - full sun outdoors as long as temps are reliably above 55*. Flush the soil each time you water and provide supplemental nutrition with a quality soluble fertilizer in a 3:1:2 ratio. I prefer Foliage-Pro 9-3-6 for all my bonsai and houseplants, but MG/Schultz/Peter's and others in 24-8-16 or MG 12-4-8 are good choices as well.

Al