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A magnificent thing that I first saw at Crug Farm Plants last year and bought as soon as it became available (as has almost
everyone I have spoken to since). Very large growing with deep brown shiny new growth. Mine hardly deserves the term colossus but with luck it will get there in time. Crug Farm Plants say in their catalogue: "This clone originates from a small plant we collected as we were leaving the rich forests of Aomori in the north of Honshu in 2005. Primarily selected for its dramatic size, which is not that uncommon in that area, of at least 1m across the leaf, composed of five leaflets. On growing this plant on in our small shaded stock field we soon realised the foliage was also blessed with a colourful flush of reds throughout its growing time of the year. Arising as red even pinkish shoots through all shades of red to bronze over the season. Even the inflorescences are flushed pink with us. Easily grown in any type of fertile soil, best in shaded conditions, unless wet. Unfortunately it has not prospered for me. I have tried twice and it has died twice. Third time lucky, but I am going to wait until it is better established in cultivation. |
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| 19th September 2013 | ||