About
Aralia chapaensis is a sizable deciduous perennial featuring spiny stems and expansive bi-pinnate foliage. In autumn, it produces ample clusters of creamy-white blooms, which transition to dark red before yielding purple-black berries in winter.
About the genus
Aralia includes deciduous trees, shrubs, and perennial plants characterized by their sizable, either simple or pinnately compound foliage. The species produce small greenish-white flowers that cluster in large groups at the ends of branches, which eventually give way to small black fruits.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Partial shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- East-facing, North-facing, South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H4
Plant details
- Plant type
- Shrubs
- Habit
- Clump forming
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 2.5-4 metres
- Spread
- 2.5-4 metres
- Time to full height
- 5-10 years
- Suggested uses
- Architectural
- Native to
- Vietnam
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in any good soil which drains effectively. Allow enough space for impressive leaves to display. For more information see shrub cultivation.
- Pruning
- Tidy up in spring
- Propagation
- Propagate by division on spring or seed. For more advice see our information on how to propagate from seed (tree/shrub
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to aphids
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to honey fungus in gardens where it is present but insufficient data to determine degree of susceptibility