Ligularia ‘Pandora’ PPAF
Blooming Time
Exposure
(Image Courtesy of Growing Colors) With broad, tooth-edged, shiny deep-purple foliage arranged in tight clumps, `Pandora’ is a wonderful foliage plant for light to moderate shade. It provides excellent color contrast against yellow, silvery and green leaved plants, and during summer it sends up vertical stalks that bear bright yellow, daisy like flowers. Wonderful in containers, for ground covering and as a companion or accent, `Pandora’ preforms well in well drained garden soils and tolerates moist, boggy conditions. It pairs well with a host of native and adapted perennials.
Details
Hardiness Zone:
Blossom Color:
Yellow to Chartreuse
Growth Habit:
Clump Forming
Max Height:
16"
Texture:
Recommended Spacing:
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Special Characteristics
Features
Broad, tooth-edged, shiny deep-purple foliage arranged in tight clumps, bearing bright yellow, daisy like flowers.
Landscape Value
Wonderful in containers, for ground covering and as a companion or accent, `Pandora' preforms well in well drained garden soils and tolerates moist, boggy conditions.
Care
Watering:
`Pandora' Ligularia requires a fair amount of supplemental watering and often requires watering on a regular basis during the growing season.
Fertilizing:
`Pandora' Ligularia is a moderate feeder, benefiting from a couple of annual applications of slow release fertilizer. A spring application of a 3-1-2 ratio (such as a 15-5-10) can be applied at a rate of about 10 pounds per 1000 square feet, and during early fall, an application of a 2-1-2 ratio (such as a 10-5-10) can be applied to encourage root development and cold hardiness.
Pruning:
`Pandora' Ligularia is a deciduous plant (nonevergreen) and does not require pruning. It is perfectly acceptable to allow the dropped leaves to decompose and nourish the soil.