Schefflera Species, Umbrella Plant

So far this plant has survived three rounds of cold snaps here in Portland, OR. The temperatures got down to ~20° with snow and ice yet ...Read Morethis plant is still looking sharp. Let's see if it will survive this next, upcoming dry cold and windy week.

I tried 2 of these this year in Eastern Maryland (zone 7). One in a pot in the shade and another in the ground in the shade but with some...Read More morning sun. As soon as the temperatures got in the upper 80's in the spring, the one in the ground got scorched by the sun. Later in the summer when the temperatures started to get consistently above 90F, they both began to die. Since I have not had these long enough to definitively say what the reason is, I won't say for certain what the cause of death was, but it definitely appears to be the heat or the high humidity. Unfortunately the expensive price combined with the difficulty of finding these plants makes it not really worth trying these here again unless I can find a good deal. These are probably much better suited for the West Coast and other places with cooler summers.