Chinese Rice Paper Plant For Sale Uk

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Chinese rice paper plant for sale uk.

The rice paper plant thrives planted on its own or in a flowering bed. It grows rapidly has downy branches and its fan shaped leaves have a diameter which can reach a meter in width. Tetrapanax papyrifer rex or rice paper plant. The rice paper tree does not need any particular care.

Originating from taiwan this unusual suckering foliage plant has huge leaves which can be up to 2 feet across. Great savings free delivery collection on many items. Buy tetrapanax papyrifera rex rice paper plant online from jacksons nurseries. Tetrapanax papyrifera rex from burncoose nurseries available online to buy information.

Tetrapanax papyrifer rex is a fast growing and incredibly impressive plant with giant leaves and a fantastic architectural stature. The sole species tetrapanax papyrifera is a large shrub in warm parts of the world zone 9 and a dieback perennial at the northern edge of its hardiness range. Tetrapanax is a monophyletic single species genus in the araliaceae family which makes it a cousin of aralia fatsia ivy schefflera and ginseng. A fantastic foliage plant from taiwan with thick velvety leaves that can reach 1 metre in diameter thriving in a sheltered position in sun or shade.

The palmate leaves can grow huge in the uk up to 100cm across and the plant between 300 400cm tall. New shoots and leaves have a lovely brown indumentum. It produces white downy flowers in umbels at the end of summer. You know when this has been planted as it is such an artichectural plant with its massive leaves.

The leaves themselves can grow up to a metre wide and adorn stems that grow to reach 2m or more. Rex is a monster of a plant in the nicest sense that despite its exotic appearance can easily be grown in uk gardens. By late spring the plant will be ready to plant out in a prepared bed or border. In frost free areas it will remain evergreen but in colder spots it is deciduous and may need wrapping during particularly bad winters.

Buy chinese rice paper and get the best deals at the lowest prices on ebay. Tetrapanax papyrifer rex chinese rice paper plant exotic shrub tetrapanex ebay this plant for sale is a well rooted 1 5 year old tetrapanax papyrifer rex in a 9cm pot as shown in photos. Is a spectacular exotic looking plant that grows well in a sheltered part of the garden.