GARTHWAITE NURSERIES® : - Potted Ligularia Dentata Othello (Leopard Plant) Yellow-Orange Daisy-Like Blooms Summer Flowering Garden Perennial Plant

Description

GENERAL DESCRIPTIONALREADY POTTED IN 1 LITRE ROUND POTS AND IN THE EARLY STAGES OF GROWTH. THE MAIN PICTURE IS A STOCK PICTURE ONLY AND SHOWS HOW THE PLANT WILL LOOK WHEN FULLY MATURE. EACH POT MAKES A LOVELY DISPLAY AND CAN BE EITHER LEFT IN POTS OR TAKEN OUT AND USED TO ADD COLOUR TO LARGER CONTAINERS OR BORDERS“LIGULARIA DENTATA OTHELLO” IS AN IMPOSING, CLUMP-FORMING PERENNIAL WITH A MOUNDED HABIT THAT IS GROWN AS MUCH FIR ITS DARK COLOURED FOLIAGE AS FOR ITS FLOWERS. FEATURES HUGE, LEATHERY, TOOTHED, LONG PETIOLED, HEART-SHAPED BASAL LEAVES (UP TO 2-5CM WIDE). NEW LEAVES EMERGE PURPLISH-RED, BUT MATURE TO BROWNISH-GREEN ON TOP AND PURPLISH BENEATH. YELLOW-ORANGE, DAISY-LIKE FLOWERS (5-10CM ACROS) APPEAR IN SUMMER IN LOOSE-BRANCHED CORYMBS ATOP THICK, MOSTLY LEAFLESS STEMS RISING ABOVE THE FOLIAGE TYPICALLY TO 5-7CM TALL“LIGULARIA DENTATA OTHELLO” IS SOMETIMES CALLED ELEPHANTS EARS, BUT DON’T GET CONFUSED WITH BERGENIA OF WHICH THE COMMON NAME IS ELEPHANTS EARS GROUP OR MASS IN MOIST OR WET AREA OF SHADE OR WOODLAND GARDENS, OR ALONG STREAMS, PONDS, POOLS OR BOG GARDENS. GARDENS. GOOD PLANT FOR A SHADY AREA ON THE NORTH SIDE OF A HOUSE. CAN BE GROWN IN A SHADED ARE OF THE BORDER IF THE SOIL REQUIREMENTS CAN BE METDIVIDE PLANTS IN EARLY AUTUMN OR AS SHOOTS BREAK GROUND IN SPRING. DIVIDE EVERY 3-4 YEARS TO KEEP PLANTS VIGOROUS. PLANT DIVISIONS AT A FINGER’S-WIDTH DEPTH, PLANTS SET TOO DEEP WILL NOT FLOWER.