June, thank you so much for the photo of your plant with the dinner plate for comparison. Those are some huge leaves!

Interestiingly, Giant ligularia has been called 'the tractor seat plant'. It's easy to see why.

Not yet. but it is beautiful! .... it may be in my future, lol.

I doubt that ligularia is a drought tolerant plant. I suspect that is either a particular irrigation system ( dripping system close to the ligularia and away from the drought tolerant plants, perhaps?) or a particular soil with excellent drainage.

Omar

0mar, thanks.... I will keep it well hydrated. I plan to place it in a well-drained pot, under a drain spout, to catch any welcome rain during a drought.... Otherwise, this spot is it is two feet from our patio door... hopefully it will grow for us. I have ordered it from Amazon.

I will have to remember this for my new small wet spot that I am creating with a new grey water outlet from the house that I am slowly finishing off. I wonder if it is available in Austin. Maybe at Barton Springs Nursery or the Great Outdoors. I am not ready for it right now.

Mara,, please let us know if you find it locally. We might have to make a road trip to find one or two, we will not receive ours until... 'Arriving Feb 19 - Mar 15'. We have another area where it would do well. It is next to the patio where water runs off. That is what i love about this forum. We learn about plants we would not have known about otherwise. Thanks for the post, Ragna!

Yes, Barton Springs Nursery has them. I went yesterday. Beautiful but expensive:$30 (5 g. pot)

Omar

I will not be looking for plants this year. I am in the midst of a building project and am pulling my hair out over septic and colors......

Thanks so much, Omar. I will have to make the trip worth it and buy two! :-)

Thank you all for your replies. Am I considering buying it IF available? New plants are always tempting. We'll see ...

Yes, New plants.... They are so tempting..... gotta love them!

I wonder if the flowers are bigger too.

I was wondering the same thing, too. We will see and hope for the best. One good thing is that they are only $17 on Amazon. That includes shipping... at that price; we could do a whole flowerbed. ie, if they grow for us, lol.

The flowers are like 2 1/2” across.

Omar

That works for me, not too big, not too small.......Goldilocks!

A friend of m8ne in Bulverde has great success with it, has beautiful blooms but she waters it regularly. I’ve seen Shades of Green sell it.

Tthanks, lorelei. We won't make it to Barton Springs Nursery, afterall. We have had a family emergency. We will check 'Shades of Green'.

I've grown this plant for several years. It prefers some shade and lots of water. It wilts pretty bad in intense sun, but recovers nicely. Although it is called a Ligularia, along with Leopard plant, by some growers, it has been reclassified by DNA testing to Farfugium japonicum gigantea.

WHAT? Jim! C’mon, man, send me a PM.

Omar

I live in Port Isabel, across from South Padre Island (9b-10a). My two clumps of Ligularia / Farfugium are planted one in the ground in part shade and the other in a pot under total shade. They are thirsty and swoon if ever subjected to direct sun but they've tripled in size in two years even in our ferocious summer heat and humidity. I see Plant Delights has some interesting but pricy varieties...

Are Ligularia / Farfugium the same plant? i received an update to my order... Ligularia / Farfugium saying that they would include a leopard plant.

I grew this is Dallas and it required ALOT of water to maintain.

This is the other area where water tends to pond. It is filled with water when it rains and it gets morning sun but shade in the PM. Hope the plants will do well in their new home ;-)