× Fatshedera lizei was created by crossing Fatsia japonica 'Moserii' (Moser's Japanese fatsia, the seed parent) and Hedera helix (common ivy, the pollen parent) at the Lizé Frères tree nursery at Nantes in France in 1912.

As a shrub, × F. lizei can grow up to 1.2 m tall, above which the weight of the fairly weak branches makes them tend to bend over.

It can however also be tied to a support and grow into a vine up to 3–4 m tall; unlike Hedera, it does not readily climb without assistance.

[citation needed] It is grown both as a garden plant outdoors, and as a houseplant indoors, where its tolerance of shady conditions is valued.

× Fatshedera lizei,[2] together with the cultivars 'Annemieke'[3] and 'Variegata'[4] have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.