Rodgersia podophylla
Large fingerleaf rodgersia
- Height × spread
- 1.5m × 1.8m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Colder than -20C (RHS H7)
- Flowers
- Spring, Summer, Autumn
Availability
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About this plant
This plant has big, beautiful, jagged edged leaflets. The leaflets are whorled round a central stalk and overall make a large, rounded shape. The foliage has bronze tints when it first appears before turning green, though some plants retain copper tints for summer. Finally, the plant often takes on ruddy-red autumn tints. The only drawback is that the flowers are nothing special, just small white panicles.
- Flower colour
- White
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Spring foliage
- Red-copper
- Autumn foliage
- Red-ruddy
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Dome
- Height
- 1.5m
- Spread
- 1.8m
- Season of interest
- Summer
- Flowers in
- Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Shady court, Prairie garden, Exotic garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun, likes part shade, tolerates light shade
- Soil type
- Clay, Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil, Damp and wet soil
- Hardiness
- Colder than -20C (RHS H7)
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring - late · Outdoors
Feed with slow release fertiliser
Apply a general purpose slow release fertiliser, spreading it around the root area of the plant as it is coming into growth. (Or apply a liquid feed at regular intervals throughout the growing season.)
This is a simple way to provide a nutrient boost as a single annual procedure.
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water to keep the soil moist
For best results, this plant needs soil that is always moist. Water deeply and regularly as soon as soil appears dry. Even for established plants in the ground, a dry week can cause problems with some soils. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather. Or install an automatic irrigation system which will do the hard work for you, even when you are away on holiday.
Without regular watering some plants never fully regain their beauty.
Spring - early-mid · Planting
Divide when too large
The plant can be divided if it becomes too large or another plant is required. This may involve physically dividing the clump in two, removing offsets or small bulbs or dividing rhizomes. The new plants can be grown in pots or planted in the ground.
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