Habitat: full or partial shade
Soil: any good garden soil
Height: 2 m
Flowering: late summer
Width: 2.0 m
Impressive architectural plants, trees or small shrubs, some with spiny stems and most with glossy, black fruit.
Aralia cordata is an elegant upright herbaceous perennial, ideal for a shady spot. Large divided leaves form a bold backdrop for beautiful umbels of small white flowers, followed by purple berries in autumn. The Japanese spikenard is native to East Asia and popular in Japanese cooking - the young stems are said to have a unique lemon-like flavour.
4 litre pot £14.00
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| Aralia elata is known as the devil's walking stick. Why? It makes tall, slender, almost unbranched stems, perhaps 3 metres tall, more when it is older, with a scattering of thorns along their length. At the top, late in spring, huge pinnate leaves open, but its fully glory comes in autumn, when the leaves turn pinkish red, just a huge sprays of creamy white flowers open. The display lasts for ages. Wonderful! |