Aralia cordata 'Sun King', Japanese Spikenard Size:2 gallon: at nursery only mature size: to 3 ft

mature size: to 3 ft T

Smaller and excellent in a pot for a very long time

Sparkling white summer flowers

This rather recent and native Chinese arrival is a woodland groundcover ginger with large

Deeply cut

Aralia cordata 'Sun King', Japanese Spikenard Size:2 gallon: at nursery only mature size: to 3 ftWith a bright light green to gold leafy visage, Sun King is lush with compound leaves. In mid summer through fall, it's covered with large racemes of white sputnik flowers buzzing with bees. Inedible but pretty purple black berries follow for the pleasure of birds. Aralia potentially needs a bit of room; it's self sowing and rhizomatous. In Japan and Korea where it's native, it enjoys open forest understory, so make it your bright spot in dappled