Umbrella Tree (Schefflera Alpine Junior) is a beautiful foliage plant to use inside the home. It’s very popular because it’s not an overly picky plant that can tolerate some neglect and a variety of home conditions. The plant has long oval shaped leaves with pointy tips that grow on delicate stems. Each stem tip has five to nine shiny leaves that are arranged in a circular, or umbrella shape. Care Choose a position that offers good light without direct sunlight if you want the best results, in time this will result in a neat bushy plant that will grow reasonably straight up and become tall and "tree" like. The Umbrella Plant loves to be growing in moist soil for really good growth to occur, but it will certainly accept some under watering. So if you forget to water it for a week or two after the soil last dried out, it should forgive you.
