Petasites japonicus
Giant Butterbur, Fuki
Mid Spring 2024
7
- 1
Mid Spring 2024
14
- 3
Late Winter 2024
11
- 3
Late Winter 2024
7
- 1
Late Winter 2024
8
- 1
Late Winter 2024
4
- 1
Late Winter 2024
8
- 1
Late Autumn 2023
10
- 2
Mid Spring 2023
10
- 1
Early Spring 2023
8
- 1
Early Spring 2023
11
- 1
Early Spring 2023
7
- 3
Early Spring 2023
5
- 1
Late Winter 2023
12
- 1
Late Summer 2022
10
- 1
Late Spring 2022
12
- 1
Late Spring 2022
12
- 1
Mid Spring 2022
11
- 1
Mid Spring 2022
12
- 1
Mid Spring 2022
11
- 2
Early Spring 2022
8
- 1
Early Spring 2022
8
- 1
Early Spring 2022
16
- 1
Early Spring 2022
11
- 1
Early Spring 2022
7
- 1
Late Summer 2021
16
- 6
Late Spring 2021
12
- 1
Late Spring 2021
11
- 1
Mid Spring 2021
8
- 1
Early Spring 2021
10
- 1
Early Spring 2021
9
- 1
Late Autumn 2020
15
- 7
Late Autumn 2020
13
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Petasites japonicus
Mid Spring 2024
7
Mid Spring 2024
14

The #fuki is already big and it's only 5 May 2024 #coltsfoot #butterbur #petasites

Interesting name . 🤔 be careful how you pronounce it !!

Wow 😮 @charlotte 😂😂😂
Late Winter 2024
11

#fuki blooms like pompoms 14 Mar 2024

Did you say these are edible? They're very striking

The stems of the big leaves are edible @emch but I haven't tried them yet.
Late Winter 2024
7

The #fuki are blooming like crazy now. 14 Mar 2024
Late Winter 2024
8

#fuki #bloom #upclose 3 Mar 2024
Late Winter 2024
4

#fuki #bloom 3 Mar 2024
Late Winter 2024
8

#fuki flowers popping up. I counted over 30 flower heads. 3 Mar 2024 #petasites #butterbur #coltsfoot
Late Autumn 2023
10

The #fuki bed is decomposing its leaves at this point in the year. It's nearly dormant. I went there today to dig up some roots so I could grow more fuki at the bottom of the hill where I put the ramps. It's a low spot that collects water and produces lots of mosquitoes in the summer. Fuki loves damp soggy places, so hopefully the fuki will soak up the water and solve my mosquito problem. Every time I summon the energy to go outside, I'm rewarded with something new to notice...

... such as these fuki flower buds. I didn't know the buds form in the fall and are visible. I feel sure that I didn't observe this last year. 26 Nov 2023 #observation #petasites #coltsfoot #butterbur #tripplebrookfarm
Mid Spring 2023
10

We've had a few soaking storms this spring and the #fuki are loving it. It's only April and they're already bigger than they were last year.23 Apr 2023 #butterbur #coltsfoot #tripplebrookfarm #petasites
Early Spring 2023
8

Happened to catch a #fuki leaf emerging & unrolling 10 Apr 2023 #petasites #coltsfoot #butterbur #tripplebrookfarm
Early Spring 2023
11

The #fuki has neatly arranged itself into rows. 10 Apr 2023 #perennial #petasites #coltsfoot #butterbur #tripplebrookfarm
Early Spring 2023
7

Tiny #macro flowers on the #fuki 28 Mar 2023 @jastyn #microbotany #petasites #coltsfoot #butterbur #ittybitty #teenytiny

And yet it’s #giant at the same time 😄 @sushiwaitress

awesome shot!
Early Spring 2023
5

Found a fifth #fuki flower at the far end of the floody flowerbed. 28 Mar 2023 #petasites #coltsfoot #butterbur #perennial
Late Winter 2023
12

Four #fuki blooms this spring, yay! Last spring there were two. 12 Mar 2023 #butterbur #coltsfoot #petasites
Late Summer 2022
10

Lost a lot of #fuki leaves during the dry summer. But it's not dead yet! 10 Sep 2022 #petasites #butterbur #coltsfoot
Late Spring 2022
12

It's still only May and the giant #fuki is bigger than it was all year last year! 27 May 2022 #coltsfoot #perennial #tripplebrookfarm #petasites #butterbur #ilikebigleavesandicannotlie
Late Spring 2022
12

It's still only May and the giant #fuki is bigger than it was all year last year! 27 May 2022 #coltsfoot #perennial #tripplebrookfarm #petasites #butterbur #ilikebigleavesandicannotlie
Mid Spring 2022
11

#fuki leaves are now about 18" across -- and it appears the deer aren't bothering it either! 15 May 2022 #petasites #butterbur #coltsfoot #perennial #tripplebrookfarm
Mid Spring 2022
12

#fuki #leaves are as big as dinner plates already! 29 Apr 2022 #butterbur #coltsfoot #perennial #tripplebrookfarm #petasites #foliagefriday #foliage
Mid Spring 2022
11

The two #fuki plants I put into this bed in December 2020 have spread across the whole #raisedbed 23 Apr 2022 #coltsfoot #perennial #tripplebrookfarm #petasites #butterbur

Love the raised bed!! It looks great 😊💕
Early Spring 2022
8

#fuki leaves coming up all up and down the raised bed. This is its second year here -- can't wait to see how big it gets. 15 Apr 2022 #coltsfoot #perennial #tripplebrookfarm #petasites #butterbur
Early Spring 2022
8

Fully opened #fuki flower 12 Apr 2022 #petasites #butterbur #coltsfoot #perennial #tripplebrookfarm
Early Spring 2022
16

The #fuki #bud is blooming 9 Apr 2022 #petasites #butterbur #coltsfoot #perennial #tripplebrookfarm
Early Spring 2022
11

The #fuki #bud is blooming 9 Apr 2022 #petasites #butterbur #coltsfoot #perennial #tripplebrookfarm
Early Spring 2022
7

Yay! Confirmation that my #fuki not only made it through the winter, but it also successfully pushed up through the layer of straw and wood chips I put down over it last fall. I raked away a bit two weeks ago to see if it was struggling to get through, but saw no sign of it then. 8 Apr 2022 #petasites #coltsfoot #butterbur #perennial #ediblelandscaping #tripplebrookfarm
Late Summer 2021
16

#fuki did pretty well for its first year. A few nibbles by a few different critters, but the deer pretty much left it alone. Can't wait to see how big it gets next year. #petasites #butterbur #coltsfoot #ediblelandscaping #tripplebrookfarm 3 Sep 2021

I have been fighting weeds in this raised bed all season. It never got mulched so it's been a mess. (Swipe left to see) In a use-what-you-have approach, I've been pulling the weeds and just laying them down on the surface of the soil so they'd dry out and die and maybe become part of the solution.

Other parts of the yard have become overwhelmed with weeds (no photos of that, haha), and my mom and sister came over and we ripped a lot out. After about a week it occurred to me that the pile of dead weeds was basically free mulch that i could use for the raised bed.

I've been trying to adopt #permaculture principles as I deal with the quirks of this land. Baby steps, slowly, I'm a total beginner. This raised bed illustrates two things I've learned so far: (1) the problem is the solution, and (2) don't let organic matter leave your property.

"The problem is the solution" means that the thing that I have an overabundance of, the thing that feels like a problem, it's actually a RESOURCE, and it's an opportunity to change my perspective and look for a creative way to make this annoying thing useful. Lots of embarrassing weeds? Free mulch to solve my weed problem in the raised bed.

#the-problem-is-the-solution #learnsomethingneweveryday #alwayslearning #lessonlearned #reuse #mulch #mulching #weed #weeds #usewhatyouhave
Late Spring 2021
12

#fuki getting big! Yay! 18 June 2021 #butterbur #coltsfoot #tripplebrookfarm #groundcover #ediblelandscaping #petasites
Late Spring 2021
11

#fuki getting big! #petasites #butterbur #coltsfoot #tripplebrookfarm 31 May 2021
Mid Spring 2021
8

Big as my hand now. Hurry up #fuki you're supposed to shade out all of these weeds! #butterbur #petasites #coltsfoot 30 Apr 2021 #tripplebrookfarm
Early Spring 2021
10

#fuki #leaves almost as big as my hand 16 Apr 2021 #petasites #butterbur #coltsfoot #tripplebrookfarm
Early Spring 2021
9

Hooray! My #fuki made it through the winter! #hardy #coldhardy #petasites #tripplebrookfarm 8 Apr 2021
Late Autumn 2020
15

Super excited about this #tripplebrookfarm purchase: giant sweet #coltsfoot, also called japanese #butterbur, or #fuki. The stems I'm told are edible, but I'm mainly growing this because it makes huge dramatic leaves, is winter hardy, and doesn't mind wet feet. I ordered one, they sent two in quart size pots. 12 Dec 2020 #petasites

Is this the same outfit that sent you 9 strongberries when you only ordered 8?

Yes. They sent me an extra strawberry, an extra wild ginger, and an extra fuki. They're not cheap, but they ship good sized plants in 4" pots with soil. My order was $119 including the $15 for shipping. The fuki were in quart pots. Five stars, would order again. @emch

Wow!!!

@emch i just checked my order: I'd ordered SIX strawberries but received NINE!

*swoon*

Wow. Christmas bonus. 🎄🎄
Late Autumn 2020
13

Super excited about this #tripplebrookfarm purchase: giant sweet #coltsfoot, also called japanese #butterbur, or #fuki. The stems I'm told are edible, but I'm mainly growing this because it makes huge dramatic leaves, is winter hardy, and doesn't mind wet feet. I ordered one, they sent two in quart size pots. 12 Dec 2020 #petasites
We've had a week of rainy weather and the #fuki have become monsters. There's a little bit of daffodil leaves poking out there at the bottom. 17 May 2024 #petasites #coltsfoot #butterbur #tripplebrookfarm #loveswater