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Farfugium japonica 'Cristata' |
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 Farfugium japonica 'Cristata'
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- height: 2 feet
- Light requirements: filtered light; partial shade
- Soil requirements: average
- Water requirments: average to moist
- Growth habit: grows as a clump and also spreads slowly wider
- How to propagate: dividing in early summer
- Leaf type: large leaves of an unusual shade of green, highly ruffled at the edges
- Ways to use it: either planted in the ground or in a large container
The large leaves grow to ten inches wide and have highly ruffled edges. Their coloring is unusual, velvety gray-green with new growth in spring having rosy-pink highlights. Our plants are propagated by dividing highly ruffled mother plants. Blossoms in late summer and fall with yellow flowers. Mature size is two feet tall by two feet wide. A plant will grow into a thick clump. Afternoon shade is recommended. USDA Zones 7 - 11. Where winters are colder, easily grown in containers and wintered in a cool greenhouse. Keep evenly moist. Also known by the name, 'Crispata.' |
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