Ligularia japonicum 'Crispata' is a cultivar of a perennial native of the forests and moist slopes across Japan and southern China. It de...Read Morevelops rhizome roots and has gray-green undulating leaves as long as winter temperatures do not drop below 6 C. It forms a dense clump with upright arching foliage to up to 0.6m tall. It will become a loosely clumping mounded plant with a basal rosette of leaves. New foliage emerges each spring. The long-stemmed glossy gray-green leaves are leathery and have edges that are ornately wavy or "crested." In autumn and winter a tall branching flower stalk rises from the basal rosette. The stalks many side branches carry clusters of yellow daisy blossoms. After insect pollination, dry seeds (achenes) develop. Slugs are a problem for this plant - quote from Phil Bendle at terrain.net.nz
I believe it to be the same as Tsuwabuki. or Cristata or Crispata and here it grows to 24'' tall and 24'' wide and is the hardiest of the farfugiums.
Ligularia japonicum 'Crispata' is a cultivar of a perennial native of the forests and moist slopes across Japan and southern China. It de...Read More