Gardening Questions Fatsia japonica - dropping leaves

Hi Spritz.
Isn't this pretty normal for Fatsias?? ours certainly used to lose yellowed leaves around now (used to mess the pond up something rotten)but they always grew back.I may be wrong but ours reached 6 ft and was fine .Even evergreens must surely have to renew their leaves sometimes?

Spritz mine is going through the same as I type. I thought I might have a problem, but like you mine has got new growth top and bottom.
Fingers crossed this is what they do.

Thank you both SOOO much - I feel a lot happier about it! I hadn't noticed its annual habits in previous years because this year I have re-vamped the border thus exposing the Fatsia to view! I can relax about it now.

Used to live in a house with large Victorian conservatory.Fatsia so old it had thick branches and needed pruning with a saw over 15 feet high and lost all lower leaves as it grew.Dozens of them forever clearing but amazingly vigorous.

What will the growth from the base do? Make new stems?

If the example I had is anything to go by they eventually develop into a tree like shrub off one main stem.This must have been planted when conservatory built as it had thick woody branches.