UMBRELLA TREE: SCHEFFLERA PLANT CARE TIPS AND PROPAGATION

Identifying a Plant is very important in gardening because without knowing a plant by name, you cannot search for its care tips, specially for beginners. SoTodays short episode is on Schefflera or Umbrella Plant – which is another addition in PLANT IDENTIFICATION playlist. We will quickly learn how to care schefflera plant and also the best method of propagation of these plants.
The Schefflera plant also called commonly as the umbrella tree or the dwarf umbrella tree is a popular plant and comes in many varieties. This is the plant I recommend for beginners in gardening because this is a very easy to maintain and easy to care plant. Just remember few important care tips and you are done!

There are many different botanical varieties of schefflera plant like Arboricola, Actinophylla and so on.
The commonly grown house plant is Arboricola what we call as Umbrella plant or umbrella Tree. This is actually an evergreen Shrub or a small tree with a woody stem. It comes in two varieties, plain and variegated as you can see here.

One Interesting fact about this Umbrella tree most of us are unaware is - please follow the video for more.

Best method to multiply this is plant is through air layering method. You can also grow schefflera plants from cuttings. You might need to dip into rooting hormone powder and things like that. Woody or semiwoody cuttings can also be propagated in water.

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(I am a medical doctor with hobby as gardening)

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[clydefrog]

Thanks for the video.

I impulsively purchased a plant from a store and have no idea what I'm doing. I didn't even know you could water a plant too much. Thats what level I'm at lol. I'd like to actually keep it alive and learn more about keeping plants.

[OrionStar]

Thank you for the very easy instructions. Today my coworker gave me this type of plant. I am happy with it and cant wait to take care of it.

[bloodbrothers]

I just bought this plant from nursery. It's so beautiful and yes it's easy to care. Come to watering i only water if the pot is light weighted when i lift it. I just water moderately, sometimes i fill little water in the bottom tray for it to soak. Too afraid of overwatering. Mine still small plant so i put them under light in my custom made l.e.d bin

[esgiddings]

Very informative for us beginners. You covered all aspects of care. I live in Florida and it does well outside.

[fee]

Thank you so much! ☺️ I bought this beautiful plant at Home Depot for $15 and i just knew it helped with air purification lol! It seems like such an easy plant to care for!

[Jharieltravel]

Just got mine today thats why im here to your channel dear . Thank you for your complete details about this plant very helpful for me as a beginner gardener. Watching more of your plants vids too!

[GardenTips]

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[Happy_Smiles]

Here in Australia that plant grows like a weed, this plant is also a native to Australia and it also can grow extremely tall and big

[ciarazabolotney]

I wish you would have shown how to prune and where exactly to take cuttings from

[lindaharris]

Thank you for the wonderful video. I have a schefflera that is very old and quite tall. The trunk is twisted in a kind of spiral. There are no leaves on the lower part of the trunk. Can I air layer this woody trunk part? And if I can, will the trunk then get new leaves. It's very difficult to do anything with the trunk so twisted. Thank you

[carmenbugeja]

Thanks for sharing, can I transport plant from soil to water?

[ektavashisht]

I love to watch your tips for gardening. I got this plant 1 month ago earlier it did well but suddenly it's leaves started getting brown and eventually fell down. Now I have only the main thick part in the centre. I don't know what it is called actually but I have this no stems at all. Will it grow and produce leaves or I should take it out like nothing to grow. Please help

[naseemakhan]

I got some cutting from them...let's see if I get success in propagating

[rrt]

Approximately how long do these take to propagate in water? Ive had one in water for 4.5 months and no roots yet!

[DigiResale]

really nice info about schefflera plant.

[watchmen]

Help my Australian umbrella plant is indoors but I take it out during the summer now it's almost 10 ft tall and won't fit inside my house but I don't want to cut on at to stop his growth.. what do I do???

[binollachris]

Your videos are always all explanatory and great. Love them.

[marcm]

I plan on planting two rows of the Arboricola to create a future hedge. How much spacing should be between each plant planted?

[thechickincharge]

My plant was doing AMAZING under the edge of a large oak and was getting dappled sunshine most of the day. It was thriving! Then we had a week of rain and the drain holes got clogged and it sat in water for days. It wilted, the leaves turned brown and it slowly lost every leaf. I researched and it said to remove every speck of wet dirt from the root ball and use your fingers to remove any yucky residue on the roots and to sit the exposed roots into the fresh air with bright indirect light for most of the day and the replant in fresh soil and a clean pot. I did all this but it has not recovered.😞 I am lightly watering it and keeping a close eye on it and still praying it will eventually spring up some new growth. Have you ever saved one that was on the decline?

[anubalachoudhary]

Sir good evening, sir mere ek peace lily ka plant ke leaves thode jhukne lagen hai aur dhire2 yellow ho rahe hain kya karun ? Ilove my plants very much, same condition is in bromeliad, suggest me what can I do