Tetrapanax papyrifer Korea There will often be very

There will often be very little dieback of stems during mild winters

None need the long hot dry spell that some species native to the southwest US and Mexico are subjected to in their native habitat

black-green leaves

In August and September

the 4' long green stems that arch outward from a central clump

Tetrapanax papyrifer Korea There will often be veryThis amazing tropical looking favorite is grown as a dieback perennial north of Zone 8 and as a shrub from Zone 8 south. The fast growing, thick, fuzzy, upright stems of Tetrapanax papyrifera are clothed with large, equally fuzzy, green castor bean like leaves emerging from an underground rhizome. Rice paper plant will spread underground in good soils, so don't plant it near small defenseless plants.