A beautiful perennial for dappled shade and preferring a moisture-retentive soil, but will cope with drier conditions. Before the glossy, bronzey leaves unfurl, tight clusters of pink buds emerge from the soils, rather like a mini darmera. By mid spring the starry, creamy-white flower are open, held above the now greening leaves. In autumn foliage will often turn a fiery red. In its native Korea, it often grows alongside streams, making good swathes of groundcover.