Fatshedera, Tree-ivy       fatz-HED-er-a liz-E-i

• Evergreen shrub or vine, 4-6 ft (1.2-1.8 m), a cross between Fatsia japonica and Hedera helix and generally intermediate in appearance.  Leaves alternate, simple, leathery, lustrous dark green, 10-25 cm across, 5 lobed palmate, with cuts 1/3-1/2 to the base.
• Part shade to shade, but seems to grow best in shade.  Sometimes grown as a house plants.
• One author not enamored with the plant called it the result of "an entirely pointless mating between a fatsia and a hedera".  He likes the common name, "fat-headed Lizzy" (Phillips and Barber, 1981).
• Hardy to USDA Zone (7)8     Raised in 1910 by Messrs. Lizč Fréres, nurserymen of Nantes, France.
• Oregon State Univ. campus: southeast entrance to Sackett Hall (dorm).