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Araliaceae
Udo
Aralia cordata
Also known as mountain asparagus, Aralia cordata, Japanese udo, Aralia racemosa var. sachalinensis
Flowering Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Native Plants · Edible Shoots · Japanese Vegetable · Shade Perennial · Bold Foliage · Aralia · Ornamental · East Asian · Culinary Herb · Large Perennial · Araliaceae
Udo is a dramatic East Asian perennial valued for its bold tropical-looking foliage and edible young shoots, which are blanched and eaten as a vegetable in Japanese cuisine. Plant in rich, moist, well-drained soil with partial shade and keep consistently watered throughout the growing season. Cut back to the ground in autumn; it will re-emerge vigorously each spring and can reach six feet tall in a single season.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water thoroughly to keep soil consistently moist but not waterlogged · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–7.2
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 4 ft
- Spacing
- 60 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- China South-Central, China Southeast, Czechoslovakia, Japan, Korea, Kuril Is., Nansei-Shoto, Sakhalin, Taiwan
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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