RICE PAPER PLANT

I love this plant, the lady that gave it to me called it rice paper plant. It is so exotic looking and the leaves get huge by the end of summer. I have it around my goldfish pond.It dies to the ground in winter, but always comes back the next spring. My grandson likes to break off a stem and use it for an umbrella-they get that big!

The leaves are so velvetty and soft, and are beautiful in a tall clear glass vase. I am  joining in Cottage Flora Thursday at http://www.fishtailcottage.blogspot.com and Fertilizer Friday at http://www.tootsietime.blogspot.com