Schefflera arboricola Seeds | Umbrella Tree
LATIN NAME: Schefflera arboricola
COMMON NAME: Umbrella Tree
Plant Profile
Known to gardeners as Umbrella Tree, Schefflera arboricola is a tree in the ginseng family. Umbrella tree holds its large, palmate leaves with leaflets radiating like spokes, and the whole shrub stands in the broad, leafy clumps. Plants that offer this much while asking this little are rare enough to treasure.
Science & Biotechnology
Seed science, comparative botany and horticultural selection all touch on Schefflera arboricola, a representative of the ginseng family with clear practical value. Continuing work by breeders and collectors keeps good seed of this species moving through the trade.
Uses & Benefits
Umbrella Tree works well in borders, containers and dedicated beds. Umbrella tree is a fine, bold shrub of warm garden and study collection. It is a fine, bold shrub of open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained garden. Give young shrubs deep, rich, moist bed, and bold leaves will rise over the years. Beyond the establishment year, its needs are simple and few.
Umbrella trees are forgiving indoor foliage plants, mildly toxic if chewed, and valued for air freshness and form.
Growing from Seed
Sow fresh seed of Umbrella Tree under ordinary good conditions. Surface-sow onto a light, well-drained compost, dust over a thin covering, and keep evenly moist and sunny until the seedlings show. Grow the youngsters on steadily in pots until well rooted, then move them to their final positions.
Our Take
Umbrella Tree repays a little patience at sowing time with plenty of garden presence later.
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