Was I Drooling?

Last Monday, Dale and I were killing time at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens  – I’m looking forward to coming back Nov. 4th and 5th for the Central South Native Plant Conference. Japanese Garden at Birmingham Botanical GardenWe were waiting to meet our lovely and charming daughter Monica at the zoo – part of her birthday weekend extravaganza. I wanted to take a quick peek at the Japanese Garden and look for something to serve as a background for my Japanese maple.

Rice paper plant (Tetrapanax papyrifera) Rice paper plant (Tetrapanax papyrifera)Then I saw this groundcover. My new, singular focus was to find out the name of this incredible plant. Luckily for me, I soon found a smiling, helpful garden employee. In short order I had a positive plant id, some fantastic ideas for upcoming stories, advice that the only way I can not-kill Rodgersia for a third time is to never plant it again, and a bare rooted rice paper plant shoved in my camera case. “I just pulled some of that, and I don’t mind if you take something off my trash pile.” I must be exuding some kind of, ‘Please give me free plants pheromone.’ Or maybe I was drooling. Don’t try this at home. I’m a professional. Dan, president of Terra Nova Nursery, has given me the pet name ‘plant ho’, but that’s a whole ‘nother blog.

Rice paper plant (Tetrapanax papyrifera)Here’s what little I know about my new friend, rice paper plant (Tetrapanax papyrifer):

  • The nice man at the garden said he likes water.
  • He’s a spreader, so I’ll need to give him some room.
  • If I lived in zone 8-10, he would grow to an 80” shrub, but for me, he will be a dieback perennial.
  • My favorite mail order source, Plant Delights Nursery, says to plant in sun to light shade, but it looks like he’s doing great in heavier shade.
  • Since he is only hardy to zone 7b, he is marginal for me and needs to be planted in the spring so he’ll have plenty of time to settle in before the cold weather arrives. He’ll live in the garage for this winter.

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In general most perennials do great planted in the fall, but anything that barely tolerates your winter should be planted in spring. Also, if your ground freezes and heaves, you should plant perennials in spring or be sensible and move further south.

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2 Responses to Was I Drooling?

  1. Phillip says:

    I really love the dramatic leaves. I’m curious to see how it does for you. Keep us posted!

    • Peggy Hill says:

      Will do. If this one doesn’t make it through the winter, I’m going to order one from Plant Delights in the spring.

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