Plant Database
Pandora Ligularia
Ligularia dentata ‘Pandora’
Ligularia dentata 'Pandora' is a striking, clump-forming perennial prized for its dramatic, glossy, deep purple-bronze foliage and bold, daisy-like yellow-orange summer flowers. This compact selection forms a dense, low mound of large, rounded, toothed, leathery leaves that emerge deep chocolate-burgundy, maturing to rich purple-bronze with dark purple undersides, providing exceptional color contrast in the shade garden. In mid to late summer, it produces sturdy, dark purple-red stems bearing large, showy, semi-double, daisy-like flower heads in a brilliant golden-yellow to orange-yellow, creating a stunning, luminous display that attracts bees, butterflies, and other pollinators. With its moisture-loving nature, excellent slug resistance, and compact, slow-growing habit, it is an outstanding choice for bog gardens, pond edges, shaded borders, woodland gardens, containers, and as a textural accent in moist, shady spots.