This plant prefers full sun or partial shade but does best in part shade and requires it inland unless ample water is provided. Water regularly - in our shade garden the Ligularia are our "irrigation indicators" as they dry out and wilt before anything else. We need to water our well established clumps every 2 to 3 weeks. Will survive temperatures down to about 0 degrees F but foliage dies completely back at 20 degrees F. It is suitable for groundcover and flower beds, but is most often used in containers.

Farfugium japonicum is native to moist meadows, stream banks and coastal areas in Japan and eastern Asia and the variety giganteum comes from near the town of Kushimoto, the southernmost point of Japan's main island, Honshu and on the surrounding islands of Kyushu, Shikok and the Ryukyu Islands. The name for the genus comes from the Latin words 'far' meaning "flour" and 'fugion meaning "to flee" or "run away" in reference to the woolly hairs found on the young petioles and stalks of the plant are shed as the leaves age. The specifuc epithet references the nativity of the plant. For many years we have sold this plant as a Ligularia tussilaginea cultivar but the correct name for the speices is now considered to be a Farfugium japonicum. This plant is also sometimes sold as Farfugium japonicum 'Cristatum'. 

The information displayed on this page about Farfugium japonicum 'Cristata' is based on our research conducted about this plant from books in our nursery library as well as from information that is provided by reliable online resources. We also have included our own observations made about it as it grew in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers when we had them in our nursery field. We also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.