Tetrapanax papyrifer Korea None need the long hot

None need the long hot dry spell that some species native to the southwest US and Mexico are subjected to in their native habitat

deer-resistant southeast US native yucca

black-green leaves

as a general rule

Tetrapanax papyrifer Korea None need the long hotThis amazing tropical looking favorite is grown as a dieback perennial north of Zone 8 and as a shrub from Zone 8 south. The fast growing, thick, fuzzy, upright stems of Tetrapanax papyrifera are clothed with large, equally fuzzy, green castor bean like leaves emerging from an underground rhizome. Rice paper plant will spread underground in good soils, so don't plant it near small defenseless plants.