Hello Gardeners, I’m Amanda McNulty with Clemson Extension and Making It Grow. Fatsia japonica is a tropical looking plant with very large ivy-shaped, dark green leaves. It can grow in multi-trunked stands to ten feet tall. When I was younger, this plant sometimes was killed to the ground if we had a very cold winter and many people grew them in courtyards and protected patios spaces. When my family went to Butchart Gardens last years, in Vancouver, Canada, we saw a magnificently bold grove of