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Stephanandra tanakae
Tanakan Stephanandra
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DECIDUOUS SHRUBSStephanandra tanakae – The Tanakan Stephanandra is a terrific old-fashioned utilitarian workhorse-of-a-shrub that deserves more attention. It’s tough, a good looker, is virutally work-free, and will weep to the ground so densely as to stop weeds in their tracks. Attractive leaves are 3- to 5-lobed, incised and toothed. They turn a beguiling clear bright beguiling gold occasionally touched with orange in autumn remaining on the shrub for many, many weeks. Tawny stems touched with warm orange-copper gracefully arch, attractive in the winter landscape. Flowers are a creamy yellow-white, not especially large but what they lack in size they make up for in numbers. Site Stephanandra tanakae in full sun to three-quarters open shade in any average to fertile draining soil. We have ours planted across the driveway from a species Oakleaf Hydrangea. The coupling in autumn is stunning; the maroon oak leaf-shaped foliage of the hydrangea contrasts beautifully with the clear golden leaves of the Tanakan Stephanandra. If ordered in autumn these will arrive pruned for next spring's arrival. Cutting grown.
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Characteristics and Attributes for Stephanandra tanakae
Season of Interest (Flowering)
- Late Spring
Season of Interest (Foliage)
- Spring / Summer / Autumn
Interesting Bark
- Exfoliating
- Colored
Autumn Interest
- Autumn Leaf Color
Nature Attraction
- Deer Resistant
Light
- Shade Tolerant
- Full Sun
Attributes
- Hedge
- Hedgerow
- Massing
- Specimen
- Screen
- Shrub Border
Growth Rate in the Garden
- Moderately Fast
Soil
- Draining
- Fertile
Origins
- Japan
Propagated By
- Cutting Grown