Gunnera perpensa

Gunnera perpensa is a useful species, somewhere between the mini species and their massive cousins. It makes large purple hooked flowers over the heart shaped foliage, easily confused with marsh marigolds when young. It is quite vigorous when it gets established and makes good ground cover in the margins, but is not suitable for very cold areas as the fleshy stems can freeze solid, and that’s curtains. It lives outside here just fine, but it must be properly wet.

This plant will rarely be available in potted form by mail order direct from the website but is usually available at the nursery in small numbers. If you are interested in obtaining it by mail order, please email us and we can often oblige. An additional packing and carriage charge may be necessary.