Mukdenia rossii
Family - Saxifragaceae
Category - Perennial
Origin - China, Korea
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer
Hardiness - H5
Height - up to 30cm
Width - 40cm
Location - The Woodland Walk
Description: Clump-forming, rhizomatous Perennial. Attractive, palmately lobed leaves are glossy, mid-green and tinged red when young. Panicles of small, white, bell-shaped flowers are produced from mid to late spring. Mukdenia rossii is a wonderful plant for a woodland setting.
Synonym - Aceriphyllum rossii
Flower:
Small, white, bell-shaped flowers are produced in panicles in April and May. The flowers are produced as the leaves emerge.
Flower colour: White
Flower shape: Bell-shaped flowers in panicles
Flowering time: April, May
Foliage:
Basal, glossy, mid-green leaves are palmately lobed and are tinged coppery-red when young. Each leaf has seven to nine lobes with Dentate margins.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Palmately lobed
Propagation:
Division, seed.
Cultivation:
Best in partial shade to shade in fertile, moisture retentive soil that is well drained. Mukdenia rossii prefers a neutral to acidic soil.