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Brazilian giant-rhubarb
Gunnera manicata
Gunnera Manicata , a spectacular plant.
Originally from Brazil and Colombia, the Gunnera Manicata (Brazilian giant-rhubarb or Dinosaur food) is a perennial rhizomatous plant that surprises by its excessiveness. Its deciduous leaves, rough to the touch, reach impressive dimensions (a limb 2...
Description
Height at maturity
3M
Wingspan at maturity
4M
Exposure
Sun, partial shade
Flowering
June - July
Hardiness
-15°C
Origin
Brazil, Colombia
Gunnera Manicata, a spectacular plant.
Originally from Brazil and Colombia, the Gunnera Manicata (Brazilian giant-rhubarb or Dinosaur food) is a perennial rhizomatous plant that surprises by its excessiveness. Its deciduous leaves, rough to the touch, reach impressive dimensions (a limb 2 m in diameter and a thorny petiole 1 to 2 m long). From June to autumn, red and green inflorescences, spiked up to 1 m in length, bloom. From the first frosts, the leaves disappear. A huge bud from which several leaves will grow, will grow back the following spring.
Semi-resistant, the Brazilian giant-rhubarb withstands temperatures up to -15 °. Nevertheless, you will take care to protect its stump of the frost, by using the leaves which you will have previously cut. A fast growing plant, the Gunnera Manicata reaches, at adulthood, a height of 3 m for a wingspan of 4 m. The Brazilian giant-rhubarb enjoys sun or partial shade, it needs a soil rich in humus, deep and moist.That's why you'll install it instead at the edge of a pond or stream.
Easily maintained, the Gunnera Manicata will bring a touch of exoticism to your garden and will not fail to amaze you with its spectacular foliage.
Features
- Common name : Brazilian giant-rhubarb - Dinosaur food
- Family : Gunneraceae
- Category : perennial
- Spread : 4M
- Foliage : half evergreen
- Color of flowers : green-red
- Use : waterfront - shrubbery - undergrowth
- Soil : very rich in humus
- Habit : upright and flared
- Earth to use : universal potting soil/garden soil/compost
- Enemies : slugs - whiteflies - aphids
- Possible diseases : resistant to diseases
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