Leopard Plant
Description
Ligularia tussilaginea ‘Aureo-Maculata’ has large, glossy, heart-shaped leaves that are splattered with yellow spots, hence the common name, and are excellent for flower arrangements.
Ligularia tussilaginea 'Gigantea' (Giant leopard plant)
Photo/Illustration: Steve Aitken
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Leopard Plant - Perennial to 2' tall w/yellow spotted round lvs & yellow flwrs late summer-fall. Sun or shade. Regular watering. Hard to 0 F. [Farfugium japonicum] [Ligularia tussilaginea 'Aureomaculata']
Farfugium japonicum 'Gigantea' ...
Leopard plant (Ligularia 'Britt Marie Crawford') Zone 4
Yellow wax-bells (Kirengeshoma palmata) Zone 5
'Fireworks' rodgersia (Rodgersia pinnata 'Fireworks') Zone 4
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This green leopard plant enjoys a well mulched poolside home at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens.
Description
Most cultivars of leopard plant have shiny green leaves variegated with irregular creamy white or yellow markings.
Taming the Leopard Plant for the Southern Winter Garden
The bodacious foliage and flaxen flowers of the herbaceous evergreen perennial leopard plant, Farfugium japonicum, stop traffic like a leopard on the loose.
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Also known as Leopard Plant, Ragwort, Rayflower, or Golden Groundsel, the Narrow-Spiked Ligularia is native to Northern China, Japan, & Taiwan. In Japan it is called Metakarakou, "Sweet Smelling Roots." ...
Gold Spotted Leopard Plant [English]: Ligularia tussilaginea 'Aureo-maculata'
Gold Standard Hosta [English]: Hosta fortunei 'Gold Standard'
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Most cultivars of leopard plant have shiny green leaves variegated with irregular creamy white or yellow markings. It is sometimes used as a dramatic ground cover along ponds or stream edges, and as an accent plant in moist, shady locations.
Ginger), Asparagus - hardy perennials, Bamboo - hardy clumping, Baptisia (Redneck Lupine), Colocasia (Elephant Ears), Crinum (Crinum Lily), Disporopsis (Solomon's Seal), Disporum (Solomon's Seal), Epimedium (Fairy Wings), Farfugium (Leopard Plant), ...
Ligularia dentata (Leopard Plant)
Ligularia hessei
Ligularia przewalskii
Ligularia stenocephala
Ligularia tussilaginea
Ligularia wilsoniana (Giant Groundsel)
Machaeranthera bigelovii (Purple Tansy Aster, Sticky Aster) ...
 See also: Green, Ligularia, Daisy, Evergreen, Farfugium
  
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