note the "pond" the aralia sits in (pot should be raised above water line). these are fussy plants and like high, high humidity. temp must not fall below 60 F.
Thank you so much for posting this! I have one at my office and couldn't remember the name of it for the life of me!
Katrina
it is very seeming!
dear plantsdirect, you are quite welcome:) these plants are so beautiful, i couldn't believe it that no one had posted it! :)
I'd love to order one. Does anyone know of a place where they can be purchased. I had one years ago and it got too big and at that time I didn't know how to cut it back without killing it. They are very pretty.
dear brugie, you can buy these online at the site of a little place called Logee's Greenhouses. They were recommended in a really great book by Ingrid Jantra and Ursula Kruger called "the houseplant encyclopedia". i highly recommend it. i also recommend you check out the greenhouse website @ www.logees.com/store/ :)
they sell ming aralia for $6.25. not sure of the size though.
and, i also have heard that they aren't that hard to take care of. most people i've chatted with say they are not, and mine is really pampered and seems to do well. any comments?
-sarah :)
correction to my posting: most people i've talked to about this plant say they ARE hard to take care of. again, comments greatly welcomed.
-sarah :)
I do absolutely nothing except water when soil is dry and mines doing great!!! I do believe its grafted though so that might have something to do with it.
Katrina
I received a ming aralia in January -- it was doing so well. Moved it into another room and it has gone downhill ever since. Noone can seem to tell me how to resuce and save this poor thing. It was just gorgeous, and now except for 2 - 3 new shoots it is all but gone. I am heart broken over this -- can anyone please please tell me how to save it.
joyzeegoil,
I received a small plant at my father's funeral. I'd heard they were finicky and just took it because no one else wanted it. Upon examination, I discovered it was extremely root bound. I transplanted it to a larger pot and sat it in my dinging room. It nearly died. I thought there was no way to save it so I sat it on my shaded porch.
I forgot all about it.
The next spring, I found it was not small anymore. It was now 9 feet tall and grew that size in only 3 months. It had also send it's roots through the bottom of the pot and was firmly planted in the pot and the ground. It was too large to move so I left it and it continued to grow and late that summer surprised me by blooming! It was not able to withstand Hurricane Ike so I lost that tree but I recently purchased another and will plant it in a similar area and hope it will grow as well and as beautiful as it's predecessor.
I guess what I'm saying is try putting it outside in a protected area and see what it does. If it's almost dead, what have you got to lose? Now, if you live up north, it would probably be better to plant it in a very large pot but if you live in zone 9, you might want to try planting it.
Also, for those looking for one, I found mine this weekend at Lowes hardware. It's about 3 feet tall and I only paid $9 for it.
