Podophyllum 'Spotty Dotty' PP17361, Chinese Mayapple intermittent water org/plantlists/view/977

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Mature height: 30 ft tall x 15 ft wide

Koto no ito means 'Harp Strings

Mature size: 3-4 ft tall x 6-8 ft wide in 15 years

Semi-woody

Podophyllum 'Spotty Dotty' PP17361, Chinese Mayapple intermittent water org/plantlists/view/977A perennial conversation piece (so to speak) that performs well in cool, moist, shade gardens. Large, chocolate mottled palmate leaves hide a spectacular flower in April and May clusters of 5 or more of the deepest red, pendent, "shredded" blooms. It's best elevated in a tall pot, on a pedestal, or on a bank above a walkway so that it's easier to see its sequestered deep red secret of a flower. On the other hand, it is rhizomatous and will need to be