Oreopanax floribundus

[Mr List]

found these on facebook from crug showing at rhs show atm

[MikeC]

Looks like it should be growing in a warehouse in Amsterdam.

[call]

it looks good
MUST GET

[The Codfather]

Looks like it should be growing in a warehouse in Amsterdam.

[Mr List]

Looks like it should be growing in a warehouse in Amsterdam.

that's what my mam said when i showed her the pciture of it before.

i don't know what weed leaves look like so i feel a sense of innocence lost

[Conifers]

Looks like it should be growing in a warehouse in Amsterdam.

that's what my mam said when i showed her the pciture of it before.

i don't know what weed leaves look like so i feel a sense of innocence lost

I think MikeC's trying to say it looks like this, but it doesn't really - any enforcement officer would know it wasn't.

[JohnH]

Very interesting looking plant.

Did you take any more photos at the show as I would love to see them.

JH

[Chad]

I thought it looked good too.

Immature foliage is less 'extreme' though.

Chad.

[Mr List]

looks bigger than i thought for the size of pot,

how tall is it measured from the top of the pot?


ps

i'm piffed off the weather kept me from getting these two first

[conrad]

Chad, what are your thoughts on its potential hardiness?

[Chad]

Even Crug are being careful to say 'not yet tested' so I doubt it will take a British winter out doors.

Except posibly in West Cornwall.

Chad

ps.it won't be risked outside unless I have gotten a cutting to take, and it is dioecious so I'll never get seed.

[conrad]

Hmm, could do without anything else that needs overwintered indoors, I think I'll stroke it off the list again.
Thanks Chad.

[Chad]

How tall is it measured from the top of the pot?

Stem height of 32cm and largest leaf 26cm across.

Chad.

[Mr List]

how big were the leaves on the bigger ones they had at the show, the mature leaves?

i am planting mine out, might not last the nasty cold like last feb without some help but i have a good feeling it might be ok with most normal winters.

ps

these pictures come up in google under Oreopanax floribundum

i bloody hope this is a good few plants and not just one it's massive!

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[Chad]

Crug say the leaves can be up to 1M across, but the ones on show were half that.

Just to complicate things, I think the 'right' name is Oreopanax incisus - but Google doesn't help much with pictures for that.

I like your pictures, they suggest it may sucker so it might be easier to propagate.

Chad.