Umbrella Plant
Darmera peltata
Umbrella plant is a striking streamside perennial of the Pacific mountains that thrusts up pink flower clusters before its huge round parasol leaves emerge. Bold for pondsides and wet shade. The peeled leafstalk is edible raw, cooked like asparagus, or added to soups.
- Family
- Saxifragaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–5 ft
- Spacing
- 3–5 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- wet
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- white, pink
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- rain garden
- Native states
- CA, OR, UT