![]() ![]() The leathery foliage retains good color throughout the growing season. It is very similar to and somewhat difficult to distinguish from Ligularia dentata 'Desdemona', except it is perhaps slightly smaller and produces slightly smaller flowers. Ligularia dentata 'Othello' (Leopard Plant) is a robust herbaceous perennial noted for its large, rounded, bronze-tinted leaves adorned with deep purple undersides. Petioles, veins, flower stalks and lower leaf surfaces of this cultivar are distinctively reddish-purple. New leaves emerge purplish-red, but mature to brownish-green on top and purplish beneath. Othello Ligularia (leopard plant) Ligularia dentata Othello Size: 2-3 Tall and Wide Growth Habit: clumping Growth Rate: Moderate Light Requirements. 'Othello' is grown as much for its dark colored foliage as for its flowers. Genus name comes from the Latin word ligula meaning strap in reference to the shape of the ray flowers. It makes a great cut flower and will attract butterflies and. The serrated, big heart-shaped leaves are. Use Othello Golden Ray Ligularia in smaller gardens, as a focal point in a large tub or container. Ligularia dentata Othello’s leaves emerge a deep mahogany red in the spring, fading to dark purple as they mature. Tall yellow flower spikes rise above finely serrated and lobed dark green leaves on purple-black stems in Ligularia Przewalski. Synonymous with and formerly known as Senecio clivorum. It has the potential to grow to a height of 1.5 meters. Sometimes commonly called big leaf ligularia. Daisy-like, orange-yellow flowers (2-3” across) with brownish-yellow centers bloom in loose corymbs atop thick, mostly leafless stalks that rise above the foliage in early summer. Its best ornamental feature may be the foliage which consists of huge, long-stalked, leathery, rounded, cordate-based, dark green leaves (12” or more long) that form a basal clump to 3-4’ tall. The undersides of the leaves remain dark red/purple. ![]() It is an imposing, clump-forming perennial that is grown in gardens as much for its foliage as for its flowers. A clump-forming herbaceous perennial with large, rounded, saw-edged leaves which are flushed deep purple in spring, before fading to dark green. Ligularia dentata, commonly called leopard plant, is native to China and Japan. ![]()
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