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<\/a>Aralia cordata 'Sun King' in Vancouver, BC, Canada<\/p><\/div> This herbaceous perennial grows 4 to 6 feet high and 3 to 4 feet wide. Growth rate is rapid and dies back to the ground in late autumn. In mid-summer numerous small clusters of tiny white flowers shoot up, borne on 2 feet tall racemes, with lustrous purplish-black berries that follow in the fall. <\/p>\n Sun King makes a bold almost tropical statement in a semi-shade garden. Grow it in a compost-rich moist soil and in \u00bd day sunlight (morning hours preferred). It is suited to a wide soil pH range. The foliage will definitely burn in full day sun. In USDA zones 8 and 9, grow only in dappled sunlight to avoid foliage burn. Golden aralia should be kept mulched and irrigated over long summer dry spells.<\/p>\n Sun King aralia mixes well in containers planted with green and other brightly colored foliage plants. It combines with variegated Solomon seal, hostas, brunnera (Brunnera macrophylla<\/em>), lungworts (Pulmonaria spp.<\/em>), coral bells (Heuchera spp<\/em>.), and astilbes. Golden aralia is deer resistant and its tiny white flowers attract numerous honeybees.<\/p>\n A native of Japan, Korea, and China, ‘Sun King’ aralia was introduced to the U.S. by Barry Yinger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Plants with golden foliage can brighten up a drab green garden patch. Sun King golden aralia (Aralia cordata ‘Sun King’) is no exception, hardy in USDA hardiness zones 3-9. The golden compound foliage emerges in mid-spring and retains its bright color throughout the summer. This herbaceous perennial grows 4 to 6 feet high and 3 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,398,1048,747,778,674,877,774,551,625,843,630,706,646,113,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5202"}],"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=5202"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5436,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5202\/revisions\/5436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPlants with golden foliage can brighten up a drab green garden patch. Sun King golden aralia (Aralia cordata <\/em>‘Sun King’) is no exception, hardy in USDA hardiness zones 3-9. The golden compound foliage emerges in mid-spring and retains its bright color throughout the summer. <\/p>\n