Hylotelephium spectabile (showy stonecrop, "Obenkeiso")

Japanese name: オオベンケイソウ （大弁慶草）
Scientific name: Hylotelephium spectabile

[Overview]
A perennial 30–70 cm tall.
The stems and leaves are succulent.
The leaves are usually opposite, ovate to narrowly ovate, 7–13 cm long and 5–8 cm wide, with a few wavy teeth.
There is a swollen underground stem, from which the flower stalks emerge. The leaves and flower stalks are a powdery, greenish white.
Many flowers grow densely in large umbels. The flowers are pale pink and narrowly oblong, with 5 lobes.

[History]
It came to Japan in the mid-Meiji period.

[Cultivation]
Propagate by division or cuttings.
It prefers well-drained soil and is easy to grow.

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