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Tetrapanax Papyrifer Rex

Common name: Chinese Rice Paper Plant

Rare and much sought after architectural beauty

-5 to -10°C
Good Cut Flowers
Good for Pollinators

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Young Plants
3 for £26.00
just £8.67 each
10 for £54.00
just £5.40 each
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Large, semi-evergreen, claw like leaves accompanied by generous, pom-pom sprays of flowers in early autumn. A truly monumental, jungle-like beauty which hails from Taiwan and is widely found across east Asia, where it grows as a tree. Well-suited to a sheltered, tropical style garden plants have long, clear stems (similar to palms) which are topped with the fabulously architectural leaves which can reach up to 1 metre across. Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’ will also suit gravel gardens, Mediterranean planting and makes a ‘must-have’ inclusion in a foliage garden where it will create a shady canopy to sit under. Cream flowers are produced in autumn and provide valuable later sustenance for pollinators. As flowers fade, black ornamental berries follow for further decorative impact. Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’ is an impressive, jungle-like wonder. Hard to beat for impact it prefers well-drained soil of any kind except chalk based. Plant in full sun or partial shade with some shelter fro
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Key Information
Latin Name Tetrapanax papyrifer 'Rex' YP
Common Name Chinese Rice Paper Plant
Hardiness H4 (-5 to -10°C)
Colour Cream
Format Young Plants
Position Full-Sun, Part-Shade, Part-Sun
Foliage Semi-Evergreen
Height in Maturity (m) 5.00 m
Spread in Maturity (m) 2.50
Soil Conditions Clay Loam Sand
Soil Acidity Acid Alkaline Neutral
Aspect South-facing, West-facing
Good for pots Yes
Good for wildlife Yes
Good for pollinators Yes
Good for cutting Yes

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