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I was sent a plant by Chen Yi in China under the number T.87. A very beautiful foliage plant for shady conditions. The flowers are not very significant. Shaggy new growth as it breaks through the soil in spring. I found it easy enough in a pot in the greenhouse but couldn't get it to establish in the garden. Either the slugs demolished it or the summer wasn't hot enough. Plants of the World online says: "The native range of this species is China to Russian Far East and Japan. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome." It seems to have established in gardens in the UK. Edrom Nurseries say: "An unusual perennial in appearance from China. Growth begins in spring with the emergence of the leaves from the rhizome which spreads slowly beneath the soil surface. Leaves are like folded umbrellas with a thick coating of silky fine white hairs giving a fluffy apearance. As the leaves unfold they lose this hair but look quite striking, being rounded with the petiole joining the centre underside of the leaf and leaf sections radiating out from this point. Flowers are borne on tall stems in late summer and are semi-tubular, creamy white with maybe 30 flowers per head. Easy in moist well drained woodsy soil. Similar to S. palmata but the leaf sections are much narrower. Maybe a little shorter also." |
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| 14th December 2006 | ||
