Japanese Aralia - too much water caused this? (butterfly, trees, leaves)

[the_nemi]

Hello all, we are wondering what is causing our Japanese Aralia plan to droop.

We are in Dallas so it is the heat? Some of the new leaves started burning and turning brown, so instead of watering once every week we water a little everyday.

The plant gets direct sunlight till noon and then is in shade for rest of the day.

It is in this condition since last Saturday morning when we first noticed.

Any ideas or help is really appreciated.

Thank you

The image i uploaded is in the right orientation, but after uploading it is rotated 90 degrees, not sure why.

[Butterfly4u]

the,
Those plants don't like full sun at all. I had one for years, they are nice,
in the summer I put it under trees and watered and fertilized when it was dry.
If you are zone 8 or higher, it will come back after wintering outside in the GROUND.
Don't put mulch on the top of the soil in a container.
Move it to a shadier place and water it early when it needs water.
It doesn't look too bad, the sun is baking it though.

[the_nemi]

Thank you for the reply butterfly4u, we will move under a tree for now and see how it does.