Podophyllum hexandrum
Podophyllum hexandrum is a delightful barberry relative for the woodland garden with attractive foliage and delicate pink to white flowers.

Podophyllum hexandrum is an Asian mayapple with large, lobed, umbrella-shaped, glossy green leaves that emerge with beautiful burgundy mottling like a closed umbrella pushing out of the soil. The flowers are pale pink to white and produce bulbous red orange fruits. Synonym: P. emodi. Mayapples are herbaceous members of the Barberry family that brings us Berberis and Mahonia.
Common Name: Himalayan Mayapple
Family: Berberidaceae (The Barberry Family)
Zone Hardiness: 5-9
Light: Full Shade, Part Shade
Height: 2-4'
Width: 2-3'
Primary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Secondary Bloom Colour: Pink
Foliage Colour: Green, Burgundy/Red/Purple
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
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Soil Moisture: Average, Moist
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Fragrance: No
Berries: Red
Benefits: Bees
Deer Resistant: Yes
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Scrub forests and alpine meadows, usually in humus rich soils, 2000 - 3500 metres in the Himalayas. Very abundant in fir forests in Kashmir.
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