Japonica castor oil plant

Bought this about two years ago and its really grown to a height of around 4ft,its been in a large terracota pot that it came in,

Few months back we noticed some of the leaves look like they have been burnt,as if the plants been on fire! it hasnt but it does look like that

Its still growing nicely but obviously there is something wrong,

Advice welcome
thank you

 

Mart, I assume you mean Fatsia japonica? Now, you say it looks burnt? Does that mean it looks covered in soot? If so, then the problem is a fungus called Sooty Mould. This can be treated with a fungicide, and then washed off the leaves. If it doesn`t look sooty, the I suggest you post a pic nad let us have a look.

 

"fatsia japonica",the label that came with the plant said "japonica castor oil" after i did a bit of internet searching i did find a same looking plant called "false japonica"?
Its a large green Palm tree type plant non flowering if thats any good?

Not sure about soot,it certainly wont wipe off,some of the leaves have curled up and died and some have "burnt" through

Sorry i dont have any pics at the minute and to be honest i dont know how to post one?
This link below is the same one however ours doesnt have the pinky flowers in this picture
http://www.easytropicals.com/pp/Shrubs_and_Perennials/Fatsia_japonica.html


thanks for any help

 

Mart, the only other thing I can think of which fits your description is Fireblight. But I`ve never heard of it attacking Fatsias. Google it and see what you think.

 

Did you keep the plant indoor in winter and turned it out in the garden all of a sudden?

 

No its been outside now for two years

Have looked at fireblight and from the images it does look remarkably similar looks like ill have to use the pruners
hopefully it will recover

 

Mart, if it`s fireblight, you willl need to burn the plant. Check that it really is that.

 

ive just come back from the garden centre we bought it from and took a picture of it on my phone and they said could be "blackfly" so they gave us a small spray to put on it,ill try that and they also said to prune back the "burnt parts" and see if it recovers.
Maybe they are talking rubbish ill try anything.

 

Blackfly wouldn't do that sort of damage Mart, which would only leave sooty mould deposits and wipe off as David says.
The flowers are creamy white, the pink in the pic was I guess, poor photo processing .

 

I had exactly this problem with my fatsia earlier this year - I cut the damaged leaves off and treated it with a liquid seaweed and sequestered iron treatnment (Maxicrop) for a couple of months. It is looking fine and glossy again.

 

Funny you should say that,i took the spray back to the garden centre today,spoke to a more knowledgeable person i think!he gave me another spray which he said was an iron treatment,which ive sprayed on today and will monitor that and see what happens.

 

After only a week of using this spray on the "fatsia" its sprung to life! praying to the sun again!
Thanks all