darmera peltata

Not seen this one before, but like the sound of the Red leaves.

i thought that to PP, it gets clusters of pink and white flowers in spring which look lovely

Nice Sandra - leaves look very much like rhubarb so if grows the same hope you have plenty of room for it !

it is going to be big but untill i take out my bedding plants ive just popped it in a space, will be more room at the end of summer,,probably shouldnt have got it but took my eye BB

Oh sure it will be fine and they do have lovely flowers looked it up and known as Indian rhubarb for some reason often grown in damp by ponds .. so should be fine in our weather ..

i put it where the sun doesnt go till later and close to water feature, thought that would look nice BB, thanx for info :o))

We ve all done it Sandra bought things moved them round perhaps a place at the back of the border where it can die down over winter without disturbing your other plants ?

just read that flowers come first then leaves, thats interesting, yes will do that BB

I've recently bought one Sandra and I've put it by my pond. Mine hasnt flowered though, maybe next Spring. They get big you know, six foot high with leaves 60cm across, lol. I've always wanted one.

lol i wont be able to see out of my kitchen, think i will have to move it when summer bedding plants are gone

Dont want to be a killjoy Sandra, I think they are fantastic. I'm sure you will find somewhere for it. I've just looked it up in my book and it says 3ft x 2ft so maybe not so big as Crocus says (thats where I had mine from). Your soil looks wonderful, by the way.

i think i may have got mixed up on reading tag, thought it was big, anyway i will find space lol, soil was brought in dawn, top soil as we have heavy clay here,,

Soil looks great San, wish I had it :-( We have heavy clay.

my wild flowers seem ok in the lay but it always looks flat when it gets wet, then goes hard, thats why we had the raised bed, also stopped the flooding at that side of the lawn

Think you made the right decision Sandra, creating the raised bed.

thanx dawn me to :o)

Had to see what the leaves are like! Lovely! Especially if it goes red in autumn!

thanx karen it does well here because i dont get sun here till later in day so always damp which they like.

sounds ideal for my shady area then. I shall look for some! Glad you shared this, everyone likes it and it has the flowers, the leaves and the autumn colour....excellent plant!

good luck , hope you get one karen ;o))

Ta!

they sell them at crocus online karen just found them if you cant get one close to you ;o)

Excellent! I love crocus, buy from them all the time!

:o)) great nite karen

It's a lovely shape to start with San , I didn't know the leaves turned red in the autumn thats a bonus ..:-)

yes look lovely in autumn, ive posted a new pic from above so you can see how much its grown amy ;o))