Stunning Polyscias sculelloria Dinner Plate Aralia Plant - Buy Now

Description

Common name:

Dinner Plate Aralia

Category:

Indoor Plants, Shrubs

Family:

Araliaceae or Arelia family

Light:

Sun growing, Semi shade

Water:

Normal

Primarily grown for:

Foliage

Flowering season:

Flowers are inconspicuous

Foliage color:

Green

Plant Height or length:

1 to 2 meters

Plant Spread or Width:

50 cms to 100 cms

Plant Form:

Upright or Erect

Special Character:

• Good for Cut foliage
• Good for screening
• Good for Hedges and Borders

Generally available in India in quantities of:

Old variety plants may be difficult to get

Plant Description:

- A compact and bushy shrub, about 2 m in hight.\r\n- Stem bronze-green, speckled with grey.\r\n- Leaves with long, slender petiole, three leaflets roundish or reniform, heart-shaped at the base, obtuse or broad at apex, blunt. Deep green color.\r\n- Young plants are not well branched - but branches as it gets older.

Growing tips:

- The species and varieties of Polyscias are useful foliage plants suitable for growing in semi shade in ground and in pot.\r\n- They form well shaped plants in pots and are popular house plant.\r\n- The colour of the leaves is attractive in bright light but not directly under full sun, particularly in the summer months.\r\n- They also grow well in shade where most of the flowering shrubs will fail to thrive but the soil should be porous as too much moisture or water stagnation will cause leaf fall and the plants may die.\r\n- Pruning in early rains will maintain the shape of the plant and promote emergence of new shoots.