LIGULARIA DENTATA 'DESDEMONA' LEOPARD PLANT HARDY PERENNIAL SHADE PLANT WET SOIL

Description: BUY IT NOW!!! PRICE BREAK ON QUANTITY!!!1 ROOT * 3 ROOTS * 5 ROOTS OR 10 ROOTSHealthy, 1 to 2 eye, bare root plants! We wet wrap our roots to ensure that they always arrive healthy and ready to plant in your garden or container! Ligularia dentata 'Desdemona' Common Name: leopard plant Type: Herbaceous perennial Family: Asteraceae Zone: 3 to 8 Height: 2.00 to 3.00 feet Spread: 1.50 to 2.50 feet Bloom Time: June to July Bloom Description: Yellow-orange Sun: Part shade to full shade Water: Medium to wet Maintenance: Medium Suggested Use: Rain Garden Flower: Showy Leaf: Colorful Tolerate: Heavy Shade, Wet Soil Culture Best grown in humusy, organically rich, medium to wet soils in part shade to full shade. Must have moist soils that never dry out. Benefits from a regular, deep watering in hot summers. Foliage will wilt in too much sun. Needs a shaded location in the St. Louis area. Site plants in areas protected from strong winds. Noteworthy Characteristics Ligularia dentata, commonly called leopard plant, is native to China and Japan. It is an imposing, clump-forming perennial that is grown in gardens as much for its foliage as for its flowers. Its best ornamental feature may be the foliage which consists of huge, long-stalked, leathery, rounded, cordate-based, dark green leaves (12” or more long) that form a basal clump to 3-4’ tall. Daisy-like, orange-yellow flowers (2-3” across) with brownish-yellow centers bloom in loose corymbs atop thick, mostly leafless stalks that rise above the foliage in early summer. Sometimes commonly called big leaf ligularia. Synonymous with and formerly known as Senecio clivorum. Genus name comes from the Latin word ligula meaning strap in reference to the shape of the ray flowers. Specific epithet means toothed. 'Desdemona' is grown as much for its dark colored foliage as for its flowers. Features huge, leathery, toothed, long-petioled, heart-shaped, basal leaves (up to 1' wide). New leaves emerge purplish-red, but mature to brownish-green on top and purplish beneath. This cultivar is very similar to and somewhat difficult to distinguish from Ligularia dentata 'Othello', except it is slightly larger and produces slightly larger flowers. Problems No serious insect or disease problems. Slugs and snails are often attracted to the foliage. Even with adequate soil moisture, leaf wilting may occur in hot summer climates (foliage droops in afternoons with recovery at night), particularly when the plant is exposed to too much sun. Uses Group or mass in moist or wet areas of shade or woodland gardens, or along streams, ponds, pools or bog gardens. Good plant for a shady area on the north side of a house. Can be grown in a shaded area of the border if the soil moisture requirements can be met. Grow with interrupted fern (Osmunda claytonia) or Japanese sedge (Carex morrowii) which share the same general cultural requirements.

Price: 8.39 USD

Location: Hayden, Idaho

End Time: 2024-08-28T03:02:17.000Z

Shipping Cost: 6.95 USD

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Common Name: Leopard Plant, Elephant Ear

Indoor/Outdoor: Outdoor

Color: Gold, Green, Orange, Yellow, Bronze

Growth Habit: Clumping

Set Includes: Soil

Soil Type: Loam, Clay

Brand: DPgardens

Season of Interest: Fall, Spring, Summer

Plant Form: Bare Root

Type: Shade Plants, Hostas, Shade Garden Plants, Shade Garden Flowers, Hummingbird Flowers, Hummingbird Plants, Ligularia, Swamp Plants, Bog garden plant, Pond garden plant

Growth Stage: Dormant

Watering: Medium

Genus: Ligularia

Sunlight: Full Shade, Low Sun, Medium Sun

Features: Flowering, Perennial, Cold Resistant

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States