Farfugium is an Asian genus of bold-textured evergreen hardy perennials that provide a hosta-like texture in the woodland perennial garden. In Japan, hundreds of unusual cultivars make farfugium a highly sought-after flowering perennial for collectors. In the autumn, farfugium produce cheery yellow daisy flowers atop its beefy foliage. Farfugium leaves are dark green and leathery, usually bean or heart shaped, and may have a spotted or edged variegation or be profoundly crinkled.
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Farfugium species are shade garden plants that prefer slightly moist, well-drained soils, and can tolerate our heat and humidity unlike the commonly grown cold-loving ligularias. We offer an ever-widening selection of rare and unique farfugium selections at our plant shop on-line. Farfugium pairs well with astilbe, hosta, primula, ferns, iris, carex, heuchera, and black mondo grass. When you are ready to buy farfugium for your woodland garden, please check out our list of farfugiums for sale below.
Since 1988, Plant Delights Nursery has been the choice of serious gardeners and plant collectors looking for the best and rarest perennial plants. We are pleased to have received the Perennial Plant Association Retail Award in 2011, the American Horticulture Society Commercial Award in 2002, and to have been selected as one of the Best Mail Order Plant Sources - Garden Design Magazine 2010. Welcome to our family of plant lovers!
(syn: Ligularia tussilaginea 'Aureomaculata') I grew up knowing leopard plant as a houseplant before finally discovering its amazing winter hardiness. The round, bold, shiny green, 8-10" wide leaves are spotted with yellow dots, as though it were a leopard skin; hence, the name. This consummate conversation piece grows well in sites that can be kept slightly moist but well-drained...poor drainage kills. That being said, farfugium 'Aureomaculatum' wilts when dry but is amazingly drought-tolerant. The 24" wide clumps are topped with numerous 30" stalks of spectacular yellow daisies in October and November. Pot Size: 3.5" (24 fl. oz/709.77 ml)
This large-growing hybrid of Farfugium japonicum 'Giganteum' and Farfugium japonicum 'Aureomaculatum' was discovered by the late Gary Hammer and came to us via California plantsman, Lance Reiners. The 8" tall x 10" wide, large, green leaves form a large 20" tall x 3' wide clump topped, starting in late October, with 3' tall spikes of bright yellow daisies. Farfugium 'Escargot' has some of the largest foliage of any farfugium we grow, while also possessing unique overlapping leaf lobes which resemble the spirals of a snail...quite interesting! Pot Size: 3.5" (24 fl. oz/709.77 ml)
(aka: Ligularia tussilaginea 'Gigantea', Farfugium reniforme) Thanks to Marco Stufano, former director of Wave Hill, for sharing with us so that we could spread it around. Farfugium 'Giganteum' is similar to the species, except for the giant size of each leaf...nearly 15" across and so thick and glossy that it doesn't seem real. Each attention-drawing, 30" wide clump is topped in late October with 4' tall stalks of bright yellow daisies...a nice complement to the leaves. Interestingly, Farfugium 'Giganteum' does not like shade, but instead prefers
part sun along with a slightly moist but well-drained soil. It is also a great centerpiece for a dynamic container planting in colder regions! Pot Size: 3.5" (24 fl. oz/709.77 ml)
(syn: Ligularia tussilaginea 'Jitsuko's Star') This selection of the green leopard plant makes a fabulous, bold-textured perennial for the light shade garden, where it contrasts beautifully with ferns and other fine-textured plants. Starting in mid-October, the 15" tall x 20" wide clump of 6" round, tropical-looking green foliage is topped with 3' tall flower spikes of magnificent, double (Yaezaki means "double flower") yellow, daisy-like flowers...the earliest of the farfugium selections to flower for us. Pot Size: 3.5" (24 fl. oz/709.77 ml)
Farfugium 'Last Dance' is the first commercialized hybrid of two Japanese species, Farfugium japonicum and Farfugium hiberniflorum. The offspring occurred thanks to a rainy night in Georgia...right there outside the bedroom window of Georgia plantsman Ozzie Johnson...he assures me he didn't watch. The glossy green foliage has more angular lobes than most of the Farfugium japonicum cultivars. The 1' tall x 3' wide clumps are topped with a lovely floral display of bright yellow daisies atop 2' stalks starting in late October and continuing through November. Pot Size: 3.5" (24 fl. oz/709.77 ml)
(aka: Ligularia tussilaginea) This unusual Japanese selection of leopard plant could easily have been named "snow leopard." Farfugium 'Kaimon Dake' emerges with large white leaves, each highlighted with a random pattern of central dark green specks...sort of like a cheap flat screen television after the warranty expires. The aging foliage eventually turns solid green which gives the clump a surprising amount of vigor. This cultivar does not like deep shade, actually preferring an hour or two of sun daily. Each 1' tall x 2' wide clump is topped by 2' tall stalks of yellow daisies in fall...a superb specimen plant we can offer thanks to our friend Barry Yinger. Pot Size: 3.5" (24 fl. oz/709.77 ml)
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