Description
Polyscias fruticose
P. fruticosa – Ming Aralia – This large shrub or small tree probably originating in Northern Australia and Western Pacific region and grows to 25′ feet tall. It produces finely cut, bright green often red tinted, pinnate to tripinnate leaves up to 30″ long. The individual white to cream flowers are tiny, but are borne in panicles to 24″ long. It is a very graceful plant best trained to a canopy with either single or multiple trunks. Use as a interior specimen.
Indoors, grow in soil based potting mix in full light or bright filtered light. In growth, water freely, mist daily, and apply a balanced liquid fertilizer every month.
Zones 12-14
