About
Aralia racemosa is a robust, spiny herbaceous perennial that can exceed 1.5 meters in height annually. It produces small white flowers that reflect its connection to the Ivy family, which later develop into round clusters of berries in shades of red, purple, and black.
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
- Full shade, Partial shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Neutral, Alkaline, Acid
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- East-facing, North-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H4
Plant details
- Plant type
- Herbaceous Perennial
- Habit
- Clump forming
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 1.5-2.5 metres
- Spread
- 1-1.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- Architectural
Care notes
- Cultivation
- A woodland plant with traditional medicinal uses, related to Common Ivy. Grow in low light/shade
- Pruning
- Tidy up in Spring
- Propagation
- Propagate by division in 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