Kalopanax septemlobus seed

LATIN NAME: Kalopanax septemlobus

COMMON NAME: Castor Aralia

The castor aralia raises its large, palm-shaped leaves and the small, white flowers in the rounded clusters, and the whole tree stands in the bold, spreading clumps. The bold, spreading, deciduous tree carries the large, palm-shaped, five to seven lobed leaves with the fine, prickly stems and the small, white, five-petalled flowers in the large, rounded, branching clusters through the late summer, one of the fine, bold sights of the cool garden, drawing the bees, to be followed by the small, round, blue-black fruits. The fine, hard wood has a very long record as the fine, strong wood of the old workshops, and the tree is a fine, historic presence of the cool garden. It is a tree of the open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The castor aralia is a historic subject of the plant science, and the rounded clusters keep showing up in the work on the bold deciduous trees. The way the large, palm-shaped, five to seven lobed leaves form on the fine, prickly stems has been studied at length, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the bold deciduous trees, the rounded clusters and the members of the ginseng family. The prickly stems and the bold habit have also made it a fine study tree, and the castor aralia is a regular subject of the work on the rounded clusters of the cool world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The castor aralia is a fine, bold tree of the cool garden and the study collection. The large, palm-shaped, five to seven lobed leaves with the fine, prickly stems carry the fine, bold look of the cool garden, one of the fine, bold sights of the cool garden, drawing the bees, and the fine, hard wood has a very long record as the fine, strong wood of the old workshops, the hard wood coming to the fine, carved pieces and the strong articles of the old workshops, while the small, white, five-petalled flowers in the large, rounded, branching clusters open through the late summer, to be followed by the small, round, blue-black fruits. It is one of the fine choices for the cool garden, the specimen lawn and the study collection, and it has been written about in the botanical and the forestry papers for the strong wood and the very long history. It is a fine, bold tree of the open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained garden.

Give the young trees the deep, rich, moist bed, and the bold leaves will form the broad crown in the years to come.

To grow the castor aralia from seed, sow the small, flat, brown seeds a centimetre down in the pot of rich, sandy soil, keep the pot in a bright, open spot and water gently, then set the young trees out in the open ground. The seedlings show themselves within a few weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun and the deep, rich, moist, well-drained ground, the bold leaves will rise over the years.

This is a cold hardy tree from Asia that is very exotic with it’s large tropical looking palmate foliage.  These plants also get clusters of small white flowers, but the foliage is the best asset.