About
A clump-forming evergreen perennial about 40cm tall and wide, creeping slowly by elongated rhizomes, with glossy, hairy, dark green palmate basal leaves, and bearing dense, arching spikes of greenish-pink flowers with 3-lobed recurved petals, produced from mid spring to early summer.
About the genus
A small genus of clump-forming, rhizomatous perennials, occurring in woodlands of East Asia and North America. Lobed, mid- or dark-green glossy leaves are stalked, ovate or heart-shaped. Slender, often one-sided racemes are carried on long upright stems in summer. Pale flowers are tiny, pendent or horizontal, each with five fringed petals
Plant details
Height0.1-0.5 metres
Spread0.1-0.5 metres
Suggested usesHerbaceous borders, cottage gardens, cutting.
Native toJapan (Honshu)
Care notes
CultivationGrow in moist but well-drained, leafy acid soil in part or dappled shade
PruningNo pruning required
PropagationPropagate by seed in a cold frame in autumn but they self seed freely, or by division in spring
Pest resistanceMay be susceptible to slugs and snails
Disease resistanceGenerally disease-free