hi i have a plant here that's slowly dying and I don't know what to do. Any advice (even the name of the plant) would be greatly appreciated!! thanks, marcia
I agree with the Aralia ID. I wish you the best of luck, I've never been able to keep an Aralia alive, they're a tad temperamental.
It looks in desperate need of a fresh pot up and feed. By the size of the trunk and how deep the plant sits in the pot, I'd say the pot would be a mass of roots by now perhaps? Lift the plant out and fill the pot up so the plant will sit higher, put a small amount on top (don't bury the trunk). You could go a bigger pot but not too much as the plant has a small rootball and the mix would get too wet.