Full shade to full sun. Soil should be dry to wet. Tiny greenish flowers, appearing in spring, are followed in fall by small, globular, dark violet fruit. Better in a cooler room than S. arboricola . Cool to temperate conditions.
Leaves are bronze green changing to dark green with maturity.
Leaves consist of 7 to 10 narrow, finger-like leaflets in juvenile plants, becoming more obscurely toothed with maturity. Soil should be dry to moist. Soil should be moist to wet. Wolverton, B.C., How to Grow Fresh Air , Penguin Books, New York, New York, 1996. All rights reserved.