Tetrapanax papyrifer Apios Abutilon 'Canary Bird' is a

Abutilon 'Canary Bird' is a marvelous hummingbird plant that has survived 6 degrees F in our garden

is a star in southern gardens

we have found them to thrive in our slightly acid conditions

Each 4' wide clump is composed of the same wide-pointed foliage

Tetrapanax papyrifer Apios Abutilon 'Canary Bird' is aThis amazing tropical looking favorite is grown as a dieback perennial north of Zone 8 and as a shrub from Zone 8 south. The fast growing, thick, fuzzy, upright stems of Tetrapanax papyrifera are clothed with large, equally fuzzy, green castor bean like leaves emerging from an underground rhizome. Rice paper plant will spread underground in good soils, so don't plant it near small defenseless plants.