About
A reliable perennial, reaching 20-60cm, with clump-forming habit. It produces colourful flowers in white. 'Chinese White' is valued in garden settings.
About the genus
Sinopodophyllum are rhizomatous perennials with creeping rootstocks producing 2-branched petioles, each branch bearing a large, usually peltately divided, umbrella-like leaf blade. 9-petalled, cup-shaped flowers are borne on short stems from the junction of the leaf branches, followed by red or yellow fruit
Plant details
Suggested usesBorders, cottage gardens
Care notes
CultivationFertile well-drained soil
PruningCut back autumn/spring
PropagationDivide 3-4 years
Pest resistanceSlugs possible
Disease resistanceMildew possible