Simple landscape ideas

Umbrella Plant

Darmera peltata

Also called Peltiphyllum peltatum. It forms a moderate to fast ( on wet soils ), rhizomatous, clumping perennial, reaching a maximum size of 7 x 10 ( rarely over 3 ) feet, that is native from coastal Oregon to northwest California. A clump of Darmera always looks spectacular on the edge of a pond.
The large, coarsely-toothed, deeply lobed, peltate-rounded leaves, up to 24 inches across, are glossy deep green turning to scarlet-red during autumn. The deeply-veined leaves are borne on stalks up to 6 feet high.
The starry, pink flowers, up to 0.6 inches across, are borne on dense rounded cymes during mid spring. The flowers are borne atop stems as high as 6 feet before the foliage emerges.
Hardy zones 4 to 8 in partial to full shade though surprisingly tolerant of sun, drought and sandy soils. It prefers persistently moist, fertile soils, it even tolerates standing water.

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