Ligularia hodgsonii
| Ligularia hodgsonii | |
| Light: |   |
| Moisture: |  |
| Hardiness: | 5 |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Height: | 2' |
| Width: | 2' |
| Blooms: | Mid Summer-Late Summer |
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| Edible Rating: |  |
| Medicinal Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Ligularia hodgsonii
Propagation: Seed - sow spring in a cold frame. Only just cover the seed. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and plant them out in the summer.
Division in spring. Very easy, larger clumps can be replanted direct into their permanent positions, though it is best to pot up smaller clumps and grow them on in a cold frame until they are rooting well. Plant them out in the spring.
Cultivation: Prefers a deep moist or even boggy fertile humus-rich soil[1][2]. Succeeds in full sun or semi-shade[3].
Plants often wilt on bright windy days[1]. Plants can be grown in quite coarse grass, which can be cut annually in the autumn[2].
The young growth in spring is very susceptible to damage by slugs and snails[2].
Plants are growing very well at Kew[K].
Range: E. Asia - China, Japan and Russia
Habitat: Mountains in C. and N. Japan[4]. Stream banks, grassy slopes and forest margins at elevations of 900 - 2800 metres in China[5].
Edibility: Leaves and stems - cooked[6][7].
Medicinal: The root is antitussive, diuretic and expectorant[8].
The plant has shown anticancer activity and is a folk cure for cancer[8].
Pollinators: Insects
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Thomas, Graham. Perennial Garden Plants. J. M. Dent & Sons, 1990.
- ↑ Brickell, Christopher. The RHS Gardener's Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers. Dorling Kindersley Publishers, 1990.
- ↑ Ohwi, Jisaburo. Flora of Japan. Smithsonian Institution, 1965.
- ↑ Flora of China. 1994.
- ↑ Tanaka, Tyōzaburō. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing, 1976.
- ↑ Kunkel, Günther. Plants for Human Consumption. Koeltz Scientific Books, 1984.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Duke, James and Edward Ayensu. Medicinal Plants of China. Reference Publications, 1985.