Chinese Mayapple

Podophyllum pleianthum

The “Collectors’ Garden” table sucked me in during a recent nursery visit and I came away with this little weirdo. I have a couple other Mayapples but this one has shiny, oddly rounded leaves that look tropical and somewhat cartoonish. Its flowers are also a bit different, drooping in maroon clusters underneath the low, leathery canopy.

    • Shade Grade

    Nursery Tag

    Maroon flowers May-June, very large glossy toothed leaves, 24" tall. Light shade to full shade in average soil

    Gardener's Log

    06/2019: Planted in creek area next to pieris tree

    Podophyllum flowers

    Flowers dangling from plant stem

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