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Kirengeshoma

Kirengeshoma
Photo: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0

Kirengeshoma is a genus of two clump-forming perennials in the hydrangea family, native to eastern Asia, grown for their nodding, waxy yellow flowers and maple-like leaves. Give them a cool, shady, moist spot with humus-rich soil, and the key is keeping roots evenly moist.

Family
Hydrangeaceae (Hydrangea family)
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep soil consistently moist and never let it dry out, but avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Moist, humus-rich, well-drained acidic soil such as leaf mould or woodland mix.
Temperature
Hardy to around -15 °C; prefers cool summers and does poorly in hot, dry conditions.
How easy
Moderate

About

Kirengeshoma is a genus containing two species of plants in the hydrangea family. Both are clump-forming perennials native to Eastern Asia, with sycamore-like palmate leaves and nodding, waxy yellow flowers on slender stalks, growing in shady environments. They are grown as garden plants in temperate regions of the world.

The genus name is Japanese, ki-rengeshōma (黄蓮華升麻); ki means ‘yellow’ and rengeshōma is a somewhat similar plant, the false anemone (Anemonopsis).

Other Kirengeshoma plants

Yellow Waxbells · Yellow Waxbells

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Kirengeshoma by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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