Mar 29, 2017
Plant of the Day Thursday 30 March 2017
A native to the streams and seashores of Japan Farfugium japonicum (leopard plant) is a rhizomatous evergreen perennial with simple, rounded leaves and branched clusters of daisy-like bright yellow flowers in late autumn and early winter. There are several variegated cultivars - plants with golden spotted leaves being Farfugium japonicum ‘Aureomaculatum’ or those with white edged foliage being Farfugium japonicum 'Argenteum’. They have been used in green walls and raised beds in Tokyo, Japan, so bring much needed greenery into the urban environment and a plant reference to the countryside beyond the city.
Jill Raggett