Fatsia Japonica ~ Monrovia® Japanese Aralia, Japanese Fatsia zone-4 (2) Homer Edward Price

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Purple Beauty Toad Lily is a shade loving herbaceous perennial that forms a loose clump of veined lily like dark green foliage with hairy undersides

Best grown in full sun and sandy

Blueberry Muffin Ajuga is an hardy spreading herbaceous perennial that forms a dense carpet-like mat of green foliage with chocolate brown hues in full sun

IMAGES:  Photo by Mark Bolin

Fatsia Japonica ~ Monrovia® Japanese Aralia, Japanese Fatsia zone-4 (2) Homer Edward PriceMonrovia Japanese Aralia is an exotic looking evergreen shrub with huge 16 deeply lobed palmately leaves that are a glossy dark green. A late bloomer, Japanese Aralia has large clusters of creamy white flowers in umbels in fall that are followed by black fruits. Best shape in dappled sun and moist, well drained soils. To learn more about the Japanese Aralia read this blog post. Type: Shrub Height: 5' 8' Spread: 5' 8 Spacing: 6 USDA Hardiness Zone: 8