Disporum cantoniense
| Disporum cantoniense | |
| Light: |  |
| Moisture: |  |
| Hardiness: | 8 |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Height: | 3' |
| Width: | 3' |
| Blooms: | Mid Spring-Late Spring |
| Open Woods Forest | |
| Native to: | |
| Edible Rating: |  |
| Medicinal Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Disporum cantoniense
Propagation: Seed - best sown in a cold frame as soon as it is ripe[1]. Use a lime-free compost and keep it moist[1]. Stored seed requires 6 weeks cold stratification and should be sown as early in the year as possible[1]. Germination usually takes place within 3 - 6 months or more at 15°c[1]. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse for at least their first winter. Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts.
Division in spring[2].
Cultivation: Best grown in partial shade in a moist peaty or woodland soil[3][1].
Plants spread rapidly[4] by means of creeping rhizomes when they are grown in a leafy soil[5].
Range: E. Asia - Himalayas to China.
Habitat: Cool shady places at elevations of 1100 - 2900 metres in Nepal[6].
Edibility: Tender leaves and young shoots - cooked. Used as a vegetable[6].
Medicinal: The juice of the roots is used in the treatment of fevers[6].
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Bird, Alfred. Focus on Plants Volume 5. Thompson and Morgan, 1991.
- ↑ Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.
- ↑ Chittendon, Fred. RHS Dictionary of Plants. Oxford University Press, 1951.
- ↑ Brickell, Christopher. The RHS Gardener's Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers. Dorling Kindersley Publishers, 1990.
- ↑ Phillips, Roger and Martyn Rix. Perennials - The Definitve Reference. Pan Books, 1991.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Manandhar, Narayan. Plants and People of Nepal. Timber Press, 2002.