Gunnera tinctoria Japanese Gardens

Gunnera tinctoria Japanese GardensOften called Dinosaur food, this interesting clump forming herbaceous perennial from Chile has leaves that can grow up to 7 feet across. The erect red con shaped seed heads persist through the winter. The plant likes a boggy area best, but can be grown in average conditions if watered weekly. Commonly called Chilean Rhubarb, it technically is not a Rhubarb, but the stalks are edible. Some use this plant to make concrete sculptures from molds of the

the tips are sulfur yellow

The flowers age to a pale almond color by early fall

The plant is compact

When it blooms in April

This hybrid has pink buds opening to white flowers in April

will reach 6 feet tall and wide in a decade

well-branched

the foliage texture offers a nice contrast to the wider leaves of other varieties

Singing Tree Gardens has made these fragrant varieties our passion and remain committed to producing them for future generations

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While this unusual tree does strike a main leader

One of the most blue of the fir cultivars