{"id":3049,"date":"2018-06-03T12:00:45","date_gmt":"2018-06-03T16:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=3049"},"modified":"2018-06-02T10:54:10","modified_gmt":"2018-06-02T14:54:10","slug":"shredded-umbrella-plant-for-woodland-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2018\/06\/03\/shredded-umbrella-plant-for-woodland-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"Shredded Umbrella Plant For Woodland Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Shredded Umbrella Plant\u00a0with Hostas At Kingwood Center, Mansfield, Ohio<\/p><\/div>\n

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Flower head of Syneilesis in mid-July<\/p><\/div>\n

Shredded umbrella plant (Syneilesis aconitifolia<\/em>)<\/em> is native to China, Korea, and Japan (USDA hardiness zones 5-7). The plant is often\u00a0misidentified as\u00a0mayapple (Podophyllum<\/em>). The\u00a0foliage is\u00a0exquisitely\u00a0dissected,\u00a0similar to\u00a0a finely dissected Japanese maple leaf.\u00a0The plant serves a\u00a0wonderful\u00a0addition to any shade garden.<\/p>\n

In mid-spring exquisite umbrella-like foliage emerges covered with hairy silver hairs.\u00a0 Umbrella-like pubescent leaves are very dissected and coated with tiny hairs. They stand 18 -24 inches tall atop sturdy stems. \u00a0As the plant ages, pubescent hairs disappear and leaves\u00a0turn deep forest green. After a brief number of years small plant colonies arise from underground rhizomes (2 feet wide in 5-7 years).<\/p>\n

Flowers are very insignificant. Pinkish-white florets (each to \u00bc inch across) bloom in June-July in corymbs atop striated purple stems that rise 3 feet or more\u00a0above the foliage. Individual flowers are very small, and not interesting up close.<\/p>\n

Shredded umbrella plants tolerate full shade, but perform best in dappled morning shade.\u00a0 Plants grow best in sun-dappled woodland conditions\u00a0with moderate moisture, but will\u00a0 tolerate\u00a0short dry spells of 2-3 weeks once the plants have adapted to their site, usually after\u00a0the first year.\u00a0Ideal garden environment is\u00a0a humus-rich soil that is mulched with leaf compost. Humus supplies much of the needed\u00a0nutrients.<\/p>\n

Over the years shredded umbrella plants will naturalize via rhizomes to form colonies which widen out slowly. Plants are rarely purchased at garden centers. Shop at\u00a0on-line nurseries which specialize on shade or woodland plants such as Plant Delights Nursery in NC and Fairweather Gardens in NJ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shredded umbrella plant (Syneilesis aconitifolia) is native to China, Korea, and Japan (USDA hardiness zones 5-7). The plant is often\u00a0misidentified as\u00a0mayapple (Podophyllum). The\u00a0foliage is\u00a0exquisitely\u00a0dissected,\u00a0similar to\u00a0a finely dissected Japanese maple leaf.\u00a0The plant serves a\u00a0wonderful\u00a0addition to any shade garden. In mid-spring exquisite umbrella-like foliage emerges covered with hairy silver hairs.\u00a0 Umbrella-like pubescent leaves are very dissected and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,605,674,806,665,628,853,551,625,843,812,729,1031,629,1307,777,1210,630,706,646,878,113,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3049"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3049"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10219,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3049\/revisions\/10219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}