Farfugium japonica aureomaculatum

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I first seen this plant in a thread on palm talk idesign had peachy ask what the plant was in the background so the plant detective in me had to find one for my garden  the definitely a great looking ground cover plant 

[redbeard917]

That's great variegation. I've never seen anything quite like that. Looks almost like glowing stars.

I have the solid green version of this plant, seen on the left side of this photo. It is wilting a bit due to lack of water, but it was recently planted and I have been lazy about watering. I'd rate it as easy to grow, because I split it into two with a shovel and both plants are doing well. It's very cold hardy but fits right in with a tropical garden. As a bonus it sends a spike of yellow flowers up once a year. I actually plan on making this individual in the picture into a curved mass planting of them, to accent and continue a mass planting of tongue ferns and bromeliads that are just off camera.

[Billeb]

I’ve got the solid green variety in a few places of the gardens too. Good amount of shade and don’t mind water. Got them as 2G plants 2 yrs ago but didn’t see Earth until last year. They’ve been super good growers for me after being grounded.  Plant em out. 

 

-dale 

 

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1 hour ago, redbeard917 said:

That's great variegation. I've never seen anything quite like that. Looks almost like glowing stars.

I have the solid green version of this plant, seen on the left side of this photo. It is wilting a bit due to lack of water, but it was recently planted and I have been lazy about watering. I'd rate it as easy to grow, because I split it into two with a shovel and both plants are doing well. It's very cold hardy but fits right in with a tropical garden. As a bonus it sends a spike of yellow flowers up once a year. I actually plan on making this individual in the picture into a curved mass planting of them, to accent and continue a mass planting of tongue ferns and bromeliads that are just off camera.

Thanks for the grow information was wondering about cold hardiness they should’ve named the varietie I have Milky Way 

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34 minutes ago, Billeb said:

I’ve got the solid green variety in a few places of the gardens too. Good amount of shade and don’t mind water. Got them as 2G plants 2 yrs ago but didn’t see Earth until last year. They’ve been super good growers for me after being grounded.  Plant em out. 

 

-dale 

 

You’re one looks like a anthurium on steroids I had no idea the leaf got that size I hope the variety I have gets to that size it will look super impressive 

[Jack Lord]

Farfugium japonicum aka Leopard Plant. I have several growing here in 7A. They do quite well here, but nobody seems to know about them. I have either procured them online or loaded up when I visit North Carolina.

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7 hours ago, Jack Lord said:

Farfugium japonicum aka Leopard Plant. I have several growing here in 7A. They do quite well here, but nobody seems to know about them. I have either procured them online or loaded up when I visit North Carolina.

They are unusual  I think not very well known about either i only knew about them from idesign in a background plant in a photo glad they take the cold I might plant mine today was a bit worried about the cold