Botanical Name: Farfugium japonicum ‘Giganteum’
Common Name: Giant farfugium, Giant leopard plant
Type of Plant: dicot: perennial
Character

Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape upright, rounded mound, with large succulent, rounded leaves arising from a basal rhizome, leaves arise on slender, 2-3' petioles
Height to 4'
Spread to 5'
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors prefers partial sun/shade, full sun along coast
Soil prefers moist, well-amended acidic soils, tolerates most
Hardiness hardy, thrives in cool, moist locations; zones 4-10, 14-24
 
Morphology:
Leaves large, palmate, distinctly rounded-kidney shaped, on long petioles, blades 10-15" across, dark, lustrous green with toothed margins
Flowers light yellow heads, to 2" across, appearing in open corymbs in summer; flowers appear above foliage on long, branched stalks
Fruit achenes
 
Propagation:
division, seed
 
Usage:
attractive filler used for its large, tropical foliage and unique form; good for tropical, shaded landscapes, large-scale container plant
 
Landscape Care:
Watering Likes regular watering but will tolerate brief drought when well-established; tolerates heavy watering
Fertilizing slow-release fertilizer in spring
Pruning remove spent flower stalks; thin or divide to control size
Pests/Diseases snails and slugs, mealybug and whitefly
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Japan
Family: Asteraceae
 
Notes:
 
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