 Farfugium japonica 'Aureo-maculatum'
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- flowering season: late summer
- height: 18 to 24 inches
- Light requirements: filtered light, light shade
- Soil requirements: average
- Water requirments: average
- Growth habit: slowly spreading
- How to propagate: dividing in early summer
- Leaf type: large round glossy leaves spotted in yellow
- Ways to use it: ideally suited to partial shade
Its large, eight to ten-inch leaves are a rich, deep green, and glossy. Scattered across their surfaces are yellow spot of various sizes. In fall, yellow daisy-like flowers arise on stems about the same height as the leaves, that are eighteen to two feet tall. Needs shade during the afternoon. An ideal location would be a rich soil with partial shade. USDA Zones 7 - 11, Zone 6 with protection. |
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