Brassaia actinophylla (Schefflera) Here is a link that might be useful: Schefflera

I don't like the way Liberty's edges turn white in full sun, I just moved mine back a couple of feet to get it out of full sun. Here's my Atlantis growing in full sun. I think it would be a good choice: Check out the Hosta of the Day, Alex Summers. It will grow in full sun but will also do well once your tree grows out. Alex Summers would look great with Blue Wu and Atlantis would look great with your Empress Wu. Here's an inexpensive and under rated hosta IMHO, Old Glory, growing in full sun. I think it would look good with your Blue Wu too, no misting done in this bed: Gesila This post was edited by Gesila on Sat, Jun 22, 13 at 21:44

Ok, must apologize first because I don't have a picture! But, I have a great description. This insect is nasty, we got it from some composted cow manure from Texas. They destroyed almost all of our potted tomatoes last year. I had hoped it wouldn't survive over the winter, but I've noticed them coming back again. They are these nasty small white larvae with a black "point" on them that attacks the roots. Then, they molt into these ugly looking tiny (about 1/16" ) ear wig looking things (they aren't earwigs, not the ones we have around here normally), the adults are half red and the front is black, and they can and do fly out of the dirt! They love moist soil, the only time I could sort of save a few of my plants was when I let the soil dry out in the pots. Their egg casings are a dull red. They are absolutely PUTRID and I want to get some Bt to spray on my plants to hopefully get rid of these satanic bugs before they decimate my tomatoes again. Thank you for any info!

cactusmcharris, yes when I started with plants it was pretty casual. I got a Shefflera elegantissima as a first plant. It looked so good. I knew nothing and ended up with a couple inches of water above the surface for a few weeks. It was a thin pot with drain holes inside a fancier-looking plastic pot with no drain holes. On top of that, we sprinkled plant food pellets in it a few times too. Now this is the technique I would probably use if I wanted to kill a plant as fast as possible!! But I was frustrated, started learning, tried to save the plant but it had already gotten the coup-de-grace and we eventually lost it after a couple months. Now we have something like 30 plants, indoors and outdoors. Trying to maximize their environment for the Spring and still learning! stupidlazydog, Wow I don't know how you found out that it could be a coarctata but the adult plant looks almost exactly like the (baby?) one that I have, when looking at pictures online. Thanks. If it grows I'll get the opportunity to identify it further.