Fatsia Japonica In A Tree Form || One Of My Favourites 🥰

[@77sun222]

You have interested me in these fatsia japonica plants. They look superb kept tree like i agree😊

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hi Sharon, I much prefer them like this, but then I have trouble not making everything into a lollipop 🤣🤣

[@5acorn]

Lovely Jenett, and great music too.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Thank you so much 😊

[@ReemasNaturesNest]

Hi Jeanette 💐😊today you are looking gorgeous😍 and this japonica tree 🌳is so beautiful👌 Very nice information of this plant😊

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello Reema, thank you 😊 that’s kind of you. I love these, one of my favourites 😊

[@htytuber2784]

Makes them look more interesting like this I think!

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

I do too, great plants.

[@creativegardening7100]

Wow, dear they look gorgeous 👌👌👌

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Thank you Tanu, one of my favourites 👍

[@OCDishChick]

It looks great both ways. New to me. The leaves are beautifully unique.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hi there Nikki, they are really common over here but it seems that they’re not so much overseas. Just goes to show. I hope you are looking after my new containers 🤣 your hanging baskets are still alive 🤣🤣🥰

[@allanfoulkes4760]

Good morning lovely Janette, I really enjoy your videos you are so informative and entertaining. I love this plant you have,I like plants with big leaves and have a holiday feel about it.I haven't got any of these but would like some.Have a nice weekend lovely, and I look forward go your next one.There are a lot of people out there who love your videos so keep going Janette. Take care.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Oh Allan you are just the best! You should be a motivational speaker 🔊😊👍

[@erlindamendez8633]

Wow my favorite trees and first time seeing them and beautifully tailored after the pruning!

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Mine too Erlinda, they just look after themselves and impossible to kill 🤣🤣 just my thing!!

[@younglee3285]

Thank you for another interesting video. Happy belated anniversary. Have been enjoying your videos as always!

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Ah thanks so much Young Lee, thanks for watching, always good to know you’re there 😊

[@laurelsayer7557]

I had been thinking of getting one, so thank you for the pruning suggestions. Last year I lifted the crown and cloud pruned an old Osmanthus Burkwoodii and it looks very effective, so clever pruning can certainly make a huge difference.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello Laurel, I just had to Google Odmanthis as wasn’t sure what they look like and oh yes, very beautiful and I can imagine yours looks striking in tree form. I highly recommend Fatsias, I think they are lovely, completely hardy, so easy to look after, I really don’t have to do anything except take old leaves off once a year, and I think they look quite tropical. Highly recommended!! Thanks for your lovely comment 💕

[@Plant_Mama]

I absolutely love this plant! I’ve never seen it more like a tree vs a shrub, it’s so cute. I’ve been dying to add one to my house plant collection!

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Oh yes Tatiana I think people have them indoors too. Gorgeous aren’t they? Hope you’re ok 🥰

[@debshomegarden8501]

They are beautiful plants Janette. Have you got all the rain that we have now? xx

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Oh my goodness Debbie, it has not stopped past few days. I quite like it though, gives me a day off from watering all my containers. Supposed to be like this whole of next week and weekend too though, so I’ll probably get annoyed with it soon rain 🌧 ☔️🤣

[@theenthusiasticpianist]

I love these too!!!

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

They’re fabulous aren’t they?!!!

[@elizabethgreco-nieves3667]

Love this plant🤩. Janette you did a 👏 great job pruning it, looks great with clean underside, I need to get an outdoor one, I have one as a houseplant. Happy weekend in the garden👩🏻‍🌾

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Thanks for watching Elizabeth, they are lovely aren’t they? And you have one indoors? 💕 I love them.

[@elizabethgreco-nieves3667]

Yw, yes a very small one, maybe 2 ft high, the leaves are stunning.

[@Lou-Owen]

Hi Jeanette love watching your channel. Im also an enthusiastic gardener and during lockdown its been my happy place. Learning every day about planting and gardening and i love it.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello there Lou and thank you so much for watching! I just give it a go and hope for the best 🥰 my garden definitely is my happy place too, goodness knows what I would have done with myself last year too 👍

[@RichGardenLife]

Hi jeanatte Gm I love that plant it’s so beautiful, yours is Flourishing pretty well such a awesome plant to have in the garden ❤️❤️.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hi there Rich, thank you, I love these, so easy and reliable.

[@jasminelouisefarrall]

I love the structure of these shrubs and yours Janette are just stunning 🪴🌺🪴

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Well thank you Jasmine, I really do think these are lovely, so easy to grow, I never do anything else to them, and I like their tropical vibe 😊

[@ophira2113]

Beautiful! I like the tree form as well. I just recently planted 3 Aralias in my Semi tropical home garden!

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello Ophira21 these are one of my favourite plants, although one of mine has some winter damage I’ve noticed so I don’t know how it’s going to perform this year. If I don’t get new branch leaves then I may well cut it right down and start again 🥰

[@pambrewer9082]

What a great idea!!

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hi there Pam and so pleased if I’ve given you an idea. This video is quite a few years old now and both my Fatsias are still going strong 😊🧡

[@izabelaszydlowska3940]

This plant is so cool! Perfect topiary candidate haha. Just looked it up and it's zone 7. So close, as I'm zone 6b....

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Ah ok, they are quite common here, that’s a shame Iza, maybe you could take it indoors though? 🥰

[@eckmooj1729]

I’m going to do this pruning on mine now because I think it looks very tropical and more interesting like this, so thanks for this tip!!

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Ooh good luck Mooj!!

[@lilwilliams7277]

Hi Janette, I like that. Cut mine back last week but when it puts on more growth I’m going to do that 😍

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello Lil, I’ve never cut mine back but I know you can do that as well. See, they’re so versatile, shrub one year, tree the next 🤣🤣🥰

[@lilwilliams7277]

@@TheEnthusiasticGardener 🤣🤣🤣

[@simpsonjackson]

Was looking for tips on how to care for my plant and came across your video. Think I'm going to do this with mine. It's just short off 2 feet. Love the look of yours 😁

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hi Stephen and thank you so much for watching. Yes, I do this to mine every year, always peel off the previous year’s leaves and keep just the new ones. I like them as a tree form, although not everyone likes that shape. We do though!! Let me know how it goes 😊

[@thedrifterr]

nice to see some coleus plants in that black pot you dont see them very often

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello there, and this was maybe 2 or even 3 years ago now. Trouble with coleus is all my slugs love them too!! Thanks for watching and have a lovely weekend ♥️

[@juliedubberley1192]

Thanks for the idea, Im going to have a go with mine today. Your garden is looking stunning.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello Julie and thank you Don much. It’s so easy to do, good luck 😊

[@MinnieAcresFarm]

What a neat plant! I like both styles of growing it as a bush and as a tree, depending on where it is in the yard 😁

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Oh yes, they do look very lovely as bushes too, but I think they look a bit more tropical as a tree. Plus I just cannot resist pulling the old leaves off every year 🤣🤣

[@MinnieAcresFarm]

Definitely satisfying to pluck them off 😂

[@Just-SomeGuy]

What a lovely video. Well presented and useful, thank you.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Thank you very much Ross 😍

[@jeane561]

Janette, I love these. I just may have to try and find one for my garden. I did subscribe. I thought I had already did that but it wasn’t showing I did❤️❤️❤️

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello Jean and thank you for subscribing 😊 I love these, hope you decide to get one, you won’t be disappointed 🥰

[@soulgirlktf]

Fabulous ! I love it I have a couple of Spiders Web Fatsia's I am definitely going to do this, I have done this with Nandina's and it looks fab plus you get to underplant them and still have the vertical interest it's brilliant well done, thanks! I love that you love them so much I do too and mine were 50p each rescued after a bad storm/weather at the garden centre they had about 20 very straggly looking ones! but I could only fit 2 in my car at the time because I bought plants shrubs & lots of trellis that day too :)

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hi there, I do this to mine every year 😊 I bought 3 spiders webs last year, so pretty. But you have given me an idea now … because I never thought to do it on Nandinas too! So I’m going to try that so thank you for letting me know, and for commenting 😍 you sound like me, sometimes my car is so stuffed full I cannot fit one more in 🤣😍

[@GrannysGarden]

They are lovely plants aren't they. In Spain they are usually kept as house plants since they don't take kindly to 40 degrees Celsius in summer. I haven't ever seen them pruned up as a tree but they look good like that, especially the multi trunk....a bit like cloud topiary! And of course you have opened up an empty space underneath that knowing you won't stay empty for long 😜

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

You know me, I can’t resist topiarizing everything! I think we are the opposite, I lift the crowns, and you cut yours back 🥰🤣 but, I am definitely going to chop my mahonia down soon. Just got to look at it tall for a short while longer, because it took me quite a few years to grow it this tall. However, I know I’m going to like it once I bite the bullet 🤣🥰👍

[@GrannysGarden]

@@TheEnthusiasticGardener The Mahonias really do look good when they are full and lush. A very tropical vibe. I'll have to thin out mine next year after flowering. They are so vigorous this year. They must like the weird weather we have been having.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

I’m looking forward to doing it now, I just need to rewatch your ‘how to’ video first 😊

[@mnn1265]

They grow like weeds in my yard here in the central valley of CA. It's true they don't like the very hot late summer but as long as they are not in direct sunlight they still do quite well. They grow extremely fast and spread rapidly in the spring and early summer and even though they don't like hot and direct sunlight they do love bright sunlight - when they are given a lot of light they become very dark luscious green in color and become shiny and grow huge leaves.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello there mnn1265, isn’t it funny how plants perform differently in different climates? Mine have never spread over here in England. That’s interesting. Thanks for watching and hope you’re having a great week 🥰

[@lyonheart84]

They are great ornamental shrubs, I don't have space but my parents have a large plant

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hi Brett, I agree, they are fabulous. Hope your plants are doing well, in all this rain we are having!! ☔️😊

[@penelopehammerton2907]

They look great Janette.I have a couple of these plants and sparingly pulled off some of these lower leaves because the looked scruffy. Now thanks to your video I am going to take a lot more off.I like the look, I think they look great, especially the one with three branches : ) : )

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hi Penny, I love just having the brand new ones each year, I think sometimes the older ones curl up and so I like the bright green new ones. 😍

[@squirrelsarepeopletoo6678]

I wholeheartedly agree it looks so much better as a tree form than as a shrub. I've done the same thing with my lilac, just a quick pruning in the spring. Also I noticed you're closing in on 2000 subscribers, congratulations!!!

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Oh thank you, I cannot believe that nearly 2000 people are interested in watching me in my garden!! 🤣🤣 but I’m so delighted. I’m going to do a giveaway if I reach 2000 so I do hope you will enter!! Yes, I like these as a tree shape, I think they look more tropical 🥰

[@maryvaliquette713]

I really like that kind of tree and how you do the pruning. It’s very flattery to the tree! I don’t suppose I could grow one in zone five?!!🤩

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hi Mary, I think you will have to Google because I would hate to tell you the wrong thing. However, I do know that people have them indoors as well as houseplants so maybe you could bring them inside during your winters? I hope you can because they really are fabulous 🥰

[@ktb6979]

I just bought one 3 wks ago and have been looking at videos to get an idea of its mature shape. I didn't know you could prune them like yours..so I might need to get a 2nd plant to have one as a shrub and another as a tree 😀 Katie

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello there Katie, that is a very good idea to get 2 and have them in different styles. Honestly, you won’t be disappointed, they are the easiest shrubs to look after, very beautiful. Mine are in flower now, little white Pom pom flowers which will turn into berries early Spring. So lovely 🥰

[@TheEnduringGardener]

I like the speed these grow and the price almost as much as the leaves 😂

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hi there Dan, I agree 😊🥴🤣

[@stubbsaquatics6080]

I have never heard of that plant.. I bet you thought I was going to say something dirty... Hmm -15.. I wish it would take another 10 or 15.. Interesting tree and leaves..

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

I never know what you’re going to say next 🤣🥰👍

[@stubbsaquatics6080]

@@TheEnthusiasticGardener no sense being predictable.. No fun in that

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

🤣🤣🤣🥴🤣🤣🤣

[@gardeningonthewestforkwith8994]

I’m loving the multi trunk! I’m going hunting for one today! Thanks for showing sun or shade it adapts! I’m zone 5-5b Will it survive ?

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Beautiful aren’t they? You’d better check for your area though because I would hate to recommend to you if it wouldn’t like zone 5. In a zone 8 and it has gone through heat and snow here with no ill effects.

[@smallgardenmusings4578]

I’m not familiar with this plant but you have piqued my interest and I’m going to research it. 💚

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Oh I’m pleased I’ve given you some inspiration. They are quite common here, where are you from? 🥰

[@smallgardenmusings4578]

@@TheEnthusiasticGardener Staten Island, which is one of the boroughs of New York City. 🙂

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Oh wow, yes, I know Staten Island. 😊

[@ninashaw2609]

Hi and thank you for this video. I have just purchased one of these and wondering if taking off the leaves can be done at anytime of the year ? 🍃

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello Nina, they’re such lovely plants aren’t they, I love mine. Yes, you can remove leaves whenever you like! Have a great week ♥️

[@RoseMary-vs3io]

👌✨💖x

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Thank you, happy weekend in the garden 💕

[@brunob1532]

I do like these, but I was concerned over the size they grow. I dug mine up and gave it to one of my neighbours, it looks great it their garden !

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

🤣🤣 they do get big Bruno don’t they. I think that’s another reason why I take the bottom leaves off every year, so hopefully it will just get taller rather than wider. 😊

[@ronalddunn56]

Love these too..........l wonder would they do in clay soil........l could make a million pots with my earth 😡lol. ......l have to dig so much more due to this. Phew. 🤨 x

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

I think they could cope with it. I have clay soil but over the years it seems to have improved a lot. They’re such easy plants, I reckon they could handle it 👍

[@ronalddunn56]

@@TheEnthusiasticGardener oh GOOD.......must have a wee hunt next time in the garden centre 😉😘

[@annharlan8926]

Thanks for the info. Please get a microphone.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello Ann and yes, you are right! This was a very old video so I hope the sound is better for you in more recent videos 😊 but if not I hope you will let me know. Hope you’re having a great day 😊