Herself’s Houston Garden

I ordered this up from ‘Plant Delights Nursery’, planted it last month and it has wasted no time getting settled in and growing. I noticed it was also available at the Mercer sale, and was very popular there. The plant will get about 3′-4′ across and 3′-4′ in height, each leaf will get to be about 2′ across. The foliage is extremely shiny and leathery.

It getd yellow, daisy like flowers on long stalks in the late summer, but the foliage is the real attraction. It is so large and shiny the leaves do not look real. ( I’ll post more pictures when it reaches full size and flowers. )

Leopard plant requires moist soil and part to full shade. It does well as an under canopy plant in moist areas.

Survives Houston summers and hard freezes, though I lost a few leaves from the frost.

Easy on the fertilizer, it is easy to burn this plant. And keep an eye out for slugs.

Propagate by division.

If you are tired of hostas, consider this as a replacement plant.

There are also variegated forms and other leaf shapes available.