Disporum sessile
At a glance
- Lifecycle
- Perennial (hardy)
- Exposure
- Partial shade
- Frost limit
- −17.8 °C
Cultivation
Best grown in partial shade in a moist peaty or woodland soil. Plants spread rapidly.
Propagation
Seed - best sown in a cold frame as soon as it is ripe. 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.
Edible uses
Young leaves - cooked.
Habitat
Woods in hilly country and foothills all over Japan.
Native range
E. Asia - Japan.