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Farfugium japonicum "Aureomaculatum"
I picked up one of these at a small local nursery yesterday. It was purely
an impulse buy. I'm a sucker for variegated foliage, and this plant, aka leopard plant, stopped me in my tracks with its glossy green leaves with bright yellow spots. I've poked around on the web a bit, looking for cultural information, and am reading conflicting reports. It's listed as a zone 7 plant, but others report success with it in zone 6. I'll be planting it in a moist, slightly shady spot, and mulching it well. Is anyone growing this plant? How has it done for you? Have you overwintered it in zone 6? Did you do anything special to protect it over the winter? Or should I grow it as a container plant? In that case, what would be the best way to store it indoors over the winter--how moist, what range of temperatures,etc. Thanks in advance for any replies, Cheers, Sue Zone 6, Southcentral PA |
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Farfugium japonicum "Aureomaculatum"
SugarChile wrote: I picked up one of these at a small local nursery yesterday. It was purely an impulse buy. I'm a sucker for variegated foliage, and this plant, aka leopard plant, stopped me in my tracks with its glossy green leaves with bright yellow spots. I've poked around on the web a bit, looking for cultural information, and am reading conflicting reports. It's listed as a zone 7 plant, but others report success with it in zone 6. I'll be planting it in a moist, slightly shady spot, and mulching it well. Is anyone growing this plant? How has it done for you? Have you overwintered it in zone 6? Did you do anything special to protect it over the winter? Or should I grow it as a container plant? In that case, what would be the best way to store it indoors over the winter--how moist, what range of temperatures,etc. It's a pretty cool plant, Sue. I saw one on a garden tour in California a number of years ago and fell hard! The spotting was amazing and rather unlike most other variegation. Mine has been growing in my woodland garden for about 5 years now - it has increased in size slowly and has not developed a great many spots. It is also pretty nearly evergreen in my climate. During a renovation of that garden, I decided to dig up the plant and grow it in a container where I could better control the shade and water situation. It is doing so much better now - lots of new growth with much more spotting. I think it needed more shade that I was providing and they do like consistantly moist soil. I think containment or restricted roots is something it likes as well. Sorry, I can't speak to its hardiness in your zone, but it overwinters easily here and as I mentioned, typically more evergreen than not. pam - gardengal |
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