Perennials > Chloranthus > Chloranthus japonicus > Chloranthus japonicus
Chloranthus japonicus
Japanese Chloranthus
Origin: Russia, China, Japan and Korea.
| Family |
| Chloranthaceae |
| Genus |
| Chloranthus |
| Species |
| japonicus |
| Category |
| Perennials |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 6a - 8b |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 6 - 8 |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H7 |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -20 |
| Temperature (°F) |
| -15 |
| Height |
| 0.3 - 0.6 m |
| Spread |
| 0.3 m |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| Landscape |
| Containers, borders, ground cover, potted plant or as a specimen. |
| Cultivation |
| Plant in moist, well-draining to moderately-draining humus rich soil that is neutral to slightly acidic. |
| Growth |
| Medium |
| Habitat |
| Moist forest floors. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| Erect upright stems rising from thick rhizomatous roots. |
| Leaf Description |
| Clusters of 4 broadly elliptic-obovate serrated leaves in a false whorl arrangement close to the tip of the flower stem. |
| Flower Description |
| Small flange-like petals that grow in panicles of 3 - 4 along the apex of flower stems. |
| Colour Description |
| Medium green foliage and stems. White flower petals. |
| Texture Description |
| Smooth. |
| Propagation |
| Seed or division of rhizomes. |
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