Tetrapanax papyrifer Apios perfect for a sunny rock

perfect for a sunny rock wall

we have found them to thrive in our slightly acid conditions

Each 4' wide clump is composed of the same wide-pointed foliage

tight patch of stalks in 5 years

Tetrapanax papyrifer Apios perfect for a sunny rockThis amazing tropical looking favorite is grown as a dieback perennial north of Zone 8 and as a shrub from Zone 8 south. The fast growing, thick, fuzzy, upright stems of Tetrapanax papyrifera are clothed with large, equally fuzzy, green castor bean like leaves emerging from an underground rhizome. Rice paper plant will spread underground in good soils, so don't plant it near small defenseless plants.