Schefflera Amate

Schefflera Amate Plants will tolerate fluorescent light, but prefer bright light from a windowsill for several hours. Eastern or western facing windows generally provide enough light for Schefflera to be happy.

Schefflera Amate Plants do well in part to full shade. They can tolerate full sun but will grow more slowly, and foliage may burn when first planted outside.

Schefflera Amate Plants need to dry out some between watering, they prefer to stay moist instead of drying out too much or staying too wet. The soil should be mostly dry before watering again in containers.

Outdoors, Schefflera Amate Plants need to be planted in a well drained location.

Any all purpose, foliage fertilizer will work for Schefflera Amate Plants. Indoor houseplant fertilizers fall into two groups: water soluble, liquid quick release, and granular, slow release fertilizers. Jack's Classic Indoor plant food works well as a powder, quick release fertilizer that is mixed with water to quickly provide nutrients to a plant that has been in a container for an extended time. Osmocote Indoor/Outdoor is an option as a granular, slow release fertilizer that can be applied while potting and planting. Any type of fertilizer offers nutrients that help plants with the transition to a new environment. All of these fertilizers may be used when planting Umbrella Tree Plants indoors or outdoors.

Schefflera Amate Plants need a rich, well draining soil, and prefer to have moist conditions. Umbrella Trees do not perform well when kept constantly wet or allowed to dry out too much.