Ornamental Chilean Rhubarb 1 Plants Giant Leaves Gunnera tinctoria
- Product Code: gunnera-tinctoria-ornamental-chilean-rhubarb-1
- Availability: 201
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$6.45
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- 5 or more $5.45
Gunnera tinctoria Ornamental Chilean Rhubarb Plants
Magnificent large foliaged plants that require a lot of room to grow.
Dynamic statement plants.
Despite the common name, this plant is not edible!
If you buy 5 or more, you will receive $1.00 off per plant!
You will receive 1:
Ornamental Chilean Rhubarb Gunnera tinctoria Plants
The plants you will receive in this listing will 10-20cm tall, be in individual 50mm x 70mm pots, will have established roots and will be ready to plant into your garden.
Not for WA, Tasmania, NT or outside of Australia Mate!!!
The underside of the leaf and the whole stalk have spikes on them.
The leaves grow to an impressive size.
Leaves with diameters well in excess of 4 feet (120cm) are commonplace, with a spread of 10 x 10 feet (3 x 3 metres) on a mature plant.
Feed well to optimise growth.
Can also be grown in large pots.
Grows best in damp conditions (e.g. by the side of garden ponds) but dislikes Winter cold and wet. Cover the plant with its own dead foliage to protect the crown in Winter.
They will lose their leaves in Winter in the cold areas of Australia, but the crowns will survive frost up to minus 10 degrees (even colder if protected with a thick layer of mulch through Winter).
Spring will see amazingly fast growth.
Keep fed well during the growing seasons.
We work hard to try and ensure our notes on the variety/varieties listed are true and correct, but do not accept any responsibility for errors or information that may have occured either by my staff or or myself.
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Photo credits:
(1) Karelj, Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gunnera_tinctoria_Liberec_2.jpg)
(2) Yvon Maurice, Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/19787482@N04/5250710247)
Tags: gunnera, ornamental, shade