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.
- Family
- Saxifragaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–4 ft
- Spacing
- 2–4 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- pink, white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, rain garden, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- CA, OR