{"title":"Podophyllum","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf you've only seen our native \u003cem\u003ePodophyllum peltatum\u003c\/em\u003e, you have missed some of the great joys of the genus \u003cem\u003ePodophyllum\u003c\/em\u003e. In the great continental divorce about 250 million years ago, most of the really cool podophyllum species were on the wrong side of the great crack and got stuck in China.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhen we started trying non-native mayapples, only \u003cem\u003ePodophyllum emodi\u003c\/em\u003e was available, which is the most difficult species to grow and certainly not a lover of hot climates. Despite being slow and difficult to propagate, many of the more growable podophyllum species as well as amazing new hybrids are finally becoming available.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003ePodophyllum (Mayapple) Growing Conditions\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn a slightly moist, organic soil, you'll find these new selections to be amazing woodland garden specimens. They can be used in the garden as you would a very large hosta or a very short \u003ca title=\"elephant ear\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/blogs\/articles\/elephant-ears-bulbs-colocasia-plant\"\u003eelephant ear\u003c\/a\u003e. The exotic leaves of make it an excellent choice as a specimen plant or for a mass planting.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"podophyllum-versipelle-ssp-boreale","title":"Podophyllum versipelle ssp boreale","description":"\u003cp\u003e(syn: Dysosma versipellis) Podophyllum versipelle ssp. boreale is one of the most vigorous and easiest to grow of the wonderful Chinese mayapples...a mayapple that we predict will soon be elevated to species status as Podophyllum boreale. Podophyllum versipelle ssp. boreale has only one (sometimes two) 18\" wide, hexagonally-shaped, deeply-lobed, glossy green tropical-looking leaf perched atop a solitary 3' fleshy green stem. Unlike our native Podophyllum peltatum, Podophyllum versipelle ssp. boreale is a clumping species that remains up until a hard frost. As Podophyllum versipelle ssp. boreale matures, clusters of fascinating liver-red, stringy-petaled flowers appear just under the leaf in spring, followed by bright red jujube-like fruit in fall...guaranteed to freak out your neighbors! Moist, humus-rich soil grows the largest plants.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21001149573,"sku":"1548","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Podophyllum-versipelle-ssp-boreale.i-1548.s-64644.r-1.jpg?v=1790854885"},{"product_id":"podophyllum-pleianthum","title":"Podophyllum pleianthum","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Dysosma pleiantha) Stunning is the only word to describe a mature specimen of the giant Chinese mayapple, Podophyllum pleianthum. Picture our native mayapple, Podophyllum peltatum, on 2' tall glaucous stems, lessen the indentation of each 13\" wide leaf...oh yes, and make the plant a clumper, not a runner. This deer-resistant, tropical-looking Podophyllum pleianthum also doesn't go dormant until fall, unlike our native species. In early May, the clusters of red bell-shaped flowers (pleianthum = pleios \"many\" and anthemon \"a flower\") are held on very hairy pedicels (flower stalks) between the two lobed leaves (hexagonal when young). Podophyllum pleianthum prefers moist organic soils and good shade for best performance. In severe heat, it may experience a short summer dormant period.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21001220037,"sku":"1621","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Podophyllum-pleianthum.i-1621.s-64241.r-1.jpg?v=1790264077"},{"product_id":"podophyllum-pleianthum-tai-wedding","title":"Podophyllum pleianthum Tai Wedding","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Podophyllum A1TW-131 x 004) This offering represents a seed strain that resulted from a cross of two of our Taiwan accessions of the superb, deciduous, clump-forming Chinese mayapple, Podophyllum pleianthum. Our staff crossed our plant from Taipei County with our plant from Taichung County, Taiwan, and these are the result of that cross...each offspring is genetically unique. Podophyllum pleianthum 'Tai Wedding' makes a 2' tall clump topped with two giant, 18\" wide, tropical-looking, glossy green, deeply-lobed leaves. The attractive April-borne dangling clusters of shredded beet-red flowers are held below the foliage...much closer to the ground in the Taiwan material than the mainland \u003ca title=\"Chinese plants\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/exotic-plants-from-china\"\u003eChinese plants\u003c\/a\u003e we've grown. Unlike our native mayapple, Podophyllum pleianthum doesn't run or go dormant in early summer...truly outstanding in the woodland garden.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21025167493,"sku":"3133","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Podophyllum-pleianthum-Tai-Wedding.i-3133.s-63439.r-1_94909c4c-0460-4bdc-ae01-2a79f4bad207.jpg?v=1783543963"},{"product_id":"podophyllum-spotty-dotty","title":"Podophyllum Spotty Dotty","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Dysosma 'Spotty Dotty' PP 17,361 expired) Podophyllum 'Spotty Dotty' has been the holy grail of many shade gardeners, but supply has always outstripped demand. We are pleased to once again offer this dazzling hybrid mayapple, a vigorous hybrid of the Chinese Podophyllum delavayi. If you secretly admired kids with the measles when you were young, this style of variegation is for you. Each 1.5' tall, fuzzy, red stalk of Podophyllum 'Spotty Dotty' is topped with two 18\" wide tropical-looking leaves, heavily mottled with measles-like splotches that emerge purple and age to dark green...a surreal statement in the woodland garden. Dangling just below the leaves starting in late April (NC) are 8-10 incredible bright red flowers, resembling shredded mop heads. In the woodland garden, moist, organically rich soils produce the best plants, although these don't spread or go summer dormant like our US native mayapple.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21027294405,"sku":"6301","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Podophyllum-Spotty-Dotty.i-6301.s-64243.r-1.jpg?v=1788469453"},{"product_id":"podophyllum-pleianthum-snowfall","title":"Podophyllum pleianthum Snowfall","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Dysosma pleiantha) Podophyllum pleianthum 'Snowfall' is the extremely rare white-flowered form of the Chinese mayapple. Podophyllum pleianthum 'Snowfall' forms a 20\" tall clump, topped with two 20\" wide, angular glossy green leaves. Just below one of the leaves you'll find a large cluster of shredded-petaled creamy \u003ca title=\"See our collection of white flowers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/white-flowers-cream-flowers\"\u003ewhite flowers\u003c\/a\u003e in May (NC)...a vigorous and stunning specimen in a slightly moist woodland garden.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":26962838917,"sku":"9221","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Podophyllum-pleianthum-Snowfall.i-9221.s-66216.r-1.jpg?v=1791485762"},{"product_id":"podophyllum-boreiforme-standing-tall","title":"Podophyllum boreiforme Standing Tall","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Dysosma x boreiforme) Podophyllum x boreiforme 'Standing Tall' is our 2021 Plant Delights\/JLBG introduction of our 2012 cross of Podophyllum boreale (aka: versipelle ssp. boreale) and Podophyllum difforme. Podophyllum 'Standing Tall' makes a very tall plant to 3.5', composed of thick stems bearing massive 25\" wide, jagged cut green leaves. Starting in early spring and continuing sporadically through summer, the flower clusters hang just beneath the leaves. Each cluster of over two dozen round \u003ca title=\"See more red flowers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/red-flowers\"\u003ered flowers\u003c\/a\u003e is quite spectacular, starting for us in March, and continuing through September.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32454640828503,"sku":"13665","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Podophyllum-boreiforme-Standing-Tall.i-13665.s-67610.r-1.jpg?v=1791376369"},{"product_id":"podophyllum-plereale","title":"Podophyllum plereale","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Dysosma x plereale) Our offering of Podophyllum x plereale is from our hand crosses of the Chinese Podophyllum pleianthum and Podophyllum versipelle ssp. boreale. These vigorous hybrids are intermediate in both leaf and flower between both parents. The glossy green foliage that tops the 2' tall stalks has more deeply indented leaf lobes than Podophyllum pleianthum, but less than Podophyllum versipelle ssp. boreale. The dangling flowers that hang from the stems below the leaves are also intermediate in size between both parents and vary from light red to blood red, with each seedling being different. Our offerings are 3-year-old flowered plants, and our quantities are very limited.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39878591348823,"sku":"17434","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Podophyllum-plereale.i-17434.s-66844.r-1_2b01b86c-15e6-4d7f-a4f8-3fc2eb5083a7.jpg?v=1790968918"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/collections\/Podophyllum-peltatum-Maid-Marion-1900x350_092aadf6-8857-4039-b4eb-7dd36cb14ece.jpg?v=1762891705","url":"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/podophyllum.oembed","provider":"Plant Delights Nursery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}