Botanical Name: Common Names:
Ligularia reniformis Designer Verde Tractor Seat,
Native: Foliage Type:
No Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Palms, Ferns & Tropical Clumping, Upright
Description:
Designer Verde is already a mainstay of many landscape designs and will add great colour and texture to all gardens. Huge kidney shaped leaves of an amazing glossy green make a supreme foliage mound. Hardy and easy to grow. Also referred to as the ‘Tractor Seat Ligularia’ due to distinctive leaf shape. Yellow-orange daisy like flowers appear on tall stems in mid-summer. This versatile plant can handle a wide variety of positions from full sun to shade, and will tolerate most soil conditions.This is a highly fashionable structural plant to enhance your garden.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
60cm-1m 60cm-1m
Position: Soil Type:
Semi Shade, Shade Loam, Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Borders / Shrubbery, Feature, Foliage Feature / Colour, Mass Planting, Shady Garden, Tropical Garden, Container / Pot, Under Trees
Pests & Diseases: Snails And Slugs
Cultural Notes:
Plant Care
Keep moist during dry periods, Mulch well
Family Name: Origin:
Asteraceae Asia
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Green
Flower Colour: Orange, Yellow
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: Summer
Fruit: Insignificant
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Moderate
Maintenance Level: Low
Water Usage: Medium / Moderate
Drought: Low
Frost: Tender
Wind: Medium / Moderate