Sinopodophyllum hexandrum

Also Known As

Podophyllum emodi
Podophyllum hexandrum
Chinese May Apple
Himalayan Mayapple

Plant type

perennial

size

H: 16"-36"
W: 12"-18"

planting zones

4a-8b

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Sinopodophyllum hexandrum plant details

Sinopodophyllum hexandrum is a broadleaf deciduous perennial with chocolate, green and variegated foliage. In spring pink and white flowers emerge followed by red fruit. Features glossy texture. Grows well with mostly sun - shade and even moisture - regular water. Does well in rich and well-drained soil.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Sinopodophyllum hexandrum

Plant type: perennial
Plant family: berberidaceae
Foliage: deciduous chocolate, green and variegated
Mature size: 12 IN - 18 IN - wide, 16 IN - 36 IN - tall
Flowers: pink and white blooms in spring
Uses: mottled leaves, woodland garden

GROWING CONDITIONS for Sinopodophyllum hexandrum

USDA Zones: 4a - 8b
Sun exposure: mostly sun - shade
Watering frequency: even moisture - regular

Soil needs: rich and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

This species of the Asian mayapple boasts 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 and produce bulbous red orange fruits. Synonym: P. emodi. Mayapples are herbaceous members of the Barberry family that brings us Berberis and Mahonia.

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

Himalayan Mayapple 4" egg shaped coral red edible fruits, pink cup shaped flowers before the brown marbled leaves are fully developed, 1-2 year plants are still fairly small but grow quickly, although they never seem to form large colonies like our native species. ZONE 4

By: Arrowhead Alpines

Blooms: spring-summer, pink-rose purple/ mottled red-brown new growth Zone 4-9. 3', China, part shade-sun, moist, well drained

By: Keeping it Green Nursery

Fruits of a brilliant red as large as a hen' s egg (W.Robinson) ... hand-some pairs of deeply lobed, brownish leaves come up folded like an umbrella ; shy nodding flowers are replaced by the aforementioned fruit! PSh/M-W

By: Forestfarm

Like little folded umbrellas emerging from the earth, this exotic Asian Mayapple unfurls to display darkly marbled glossy green leaves and pale pink/ white to rose flowers in mid spring. Pendant red fruit are formed in late summer. Grow Asian Mayapple in a rich fertile soil where its rhizomes will form a lovely groundcover in a shade garden or woodland setting. 18" x 18".

By: Avant Gardens

Fantastic chocolate mottled new growth and topped by a single light pink bowl shaped flower. The leaves green up in summer and shade the very showy plum tomato fruit. Very intriguing in all stages of growth. Rich moist soil in shade to part shade.

By: Far Reaches Farm

A solitary white or pale pink cup-shaped flower above leaves of 3 or 5 lobes develops into a plum shaped red fruit by summer's end. 16 inches tall x 12 inches wide.