Unit Description: 66 Plants / Tray
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| Family: | Gunneraceae |
| Genus: | Gunnera |
| Cultivar: | manicata |
Category: | SHRUB |
Description
This variety, like most Gunnera, has enormous ribbed leaves, up to 100cm across. Leaves are elegant, but coarsely toothed.
Height / Spread / Trail
250cm x 200cm
Flowering Time
July - August
Possible Situation
They look best as specimen plants in a damp bog garden, or beside a large pond where the reflections reveal the prickly undersides of the leaves
Ideal Conditions
Prefers full sun, or partial shade with moist or boggy soil.
Temperature Tolerance
A hardy plant which should survive normal winter conditions outside, especially if protected from the hardest frosts.
Plant Care
Suggested pot sizes to transplant plugs : 3 Litre +