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×Fatshedera lizei
A bigeneric hybrid of Fatsia japonica and common ivy (Hedera helix), grown for its five-lobed evergreen leaves. It can be kept as a bushy shrub or trained as a vine, and it is one of the few plants that tolerates deep shade indoors.
× Fatshedera is a hybrid genus of flowering plants, common name tree ivy or aralia ivy. It has only one species, × Fatshedera lizei. The hybrid symbol × in front of the name indicates that this is an inter-generic hybrid, a cross between plants from different genera. The name may be displayed with or without a space after the × symbol.
× Fatshedera lizei was created by crossing Fatsia japonica 'Moserii' (Moser's Japanese fatsia, the seed parent) and Hedera helix (common ivy, the pollen parent) at the Lizé Frères tree nursery at Nantes in France in 1912. Its generic name is derived from the names of the two parent genera.
It is grown both as a garden plant outdoors and as a houseplant indoors, where its tolerance of shady conditions is valued. Inside, it grows well in bright indirect light. Outdoors, it can tolerate winter temperatures down to −15 °C (5 °F), but can also be grown successfully indoors with temperatures never falling below 20 °C (68 °F). Several cultivars have been selected, with dark green to variously white- or yellow-variegated leaves.
× Fatshedera lizei, together with the cultivars 'Annemieke' and 'Variegata' have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article × Fatshedera by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
