Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: My Fatsia japonica is ill ;(, 0 by bonitin

bonitin wrote:
Thanks Jasper Dale! That sounds interesting! Mine is a one stemmed one that branches out higher up on the main stem. It has a couple of new shoots that appeared I think last year.
But these show the same symptoms and look anemic with a couple of there leaves dying of like on the main stem. I checked the soil and it feels nicely damp and crumbly.

I have another tall Fatsia, also one stemmed but without new shoots, in another place of the garden that started getting ill last year.
Despite me giving it organic fertilizer the new leaves that grew this year turned out very small and yellowish. The strange thing is that the surrounding plants of both Fatsias don't show any signs of lack of nutrients.

On this picture of the one that got ill this year you can see the new growth at the bottom with tired looking leaves;