Fatsia japonica

very nice !

Strange flowers, aren't they - but I do like them. :-))

you can see the ivy in the breeding cant you. lovely flower form.

Yes - and do you know - I am soooo stupid - I hadn't connected them! lol.

no i'm the stupid one i was thinking of fatshedra which is the hybrid of this with hedra. doh. perhaps i can blame pressure of work :o)

....But the flowers look very similar??

yes they do dont they.

Verrrrryyy odd. I shall have to look at the genus and see if it's the same!

yes they do look alike sea,, lovely,, reminds me i must see if mine has opened yet :o)) nice pic barbara

Thanks, Sandra - and btw - glad YOU are back in your photo! :-))

thanx barbara, :o)))

Thanks. So Fatsia japonica grows happily in Australia! That's interesting. Your plants and mine are usually very different, aren't they.

Oh, no, M. It's outside in the garden, growing happily! I've also got a variegated leaved one, which needs a little shelter (against a wall), but they are considered to be hardy here.

I think I might have trouble trying to grow the HUGE plant indoors! We'd have to move out to make space for it! LOL.