Tetrapanax papyrifer - The Rice Paper Plant

Supplie in a 2ltr pot, this is the standard Tetrapanax and not a Rex please see our other tetrapanax listings for different varieties. A large, fast-growing shrub or small tree to about 5m high, producing a thicket of upright stems topped by large, palmately lobed green leaves. New shoots and leaves have a coating of fine coppery hairs. Creamy pompoms of flowers are produced in large sprays in autumn, followed by black fruit.