Tetrapanax papyrifer Apios tight patch of stalks in

tight patch of stalks in 5 years

former assistant curator at Kew Gardens

Each 4' wide clump is composed of the same wide-pointed foliage

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perfect for a sunny rock wall

Tetrapanax papyrifer Apios tight patch of stalks inThis amazing tropical looking favorite is grown as a dieback perennial north of Zone 8 and as a shrub from Zone 8 south. The fast growing, thick, fuzzy, upright stems of Tetrapanax papyrifera are clothed with large, equally fuzzy, green castor bean like leaves emerging from an underground rhizome. Rice paper plant will spread underground in good soils, so don't plant it near small defenseless plants.