Schefflera delavayi, Hardy Schefflera hummingbird favorite This can be a challenging

This can be a challenging plant to get established but is worth the effort

and mottled heart-shaped leaves are tinged with purple and have slightly toothed edges

Blooms earlier and longer than the Philadelphus mock oranges in our gardens and is a good substitute for those who desire the early summer fragrance without the maintenance required of many deciduous shrubs

or just to vary the form in your garden and add theatrical color in fall

This is a well-branched and mounding form

Schefflera delavayi, Hardy Schefflera hummingbird favorite This can be a challengingReaching 815' tall and possibly as wide, this low branching Himalayan Schefflera will astound you with its 3' glossy dark green compound leaves. Looking like it should stay in a tropical clime or inside your house, it nevertheless tolerates quite cold temperatures and has been happy in Western Oregon gardens. The new growth is coated with an attractive buff indumentum and the October bloom is a foot long terminal compound panicle of fine, white