This superb form of the man-made bigeneric hybrid between Japanese Aralia (Fatsia) and English Ivy (Hedera) was selected in Japan and brought to the US by plantsman Ted Stephens, who named it after the town which contains many famous Japanese nurseries. The thick, sweet gum-shaped leaves of dark green are surrounded by a wide creamy white border and held along the semi-upright free-form (nursery lingo for not straight) growing stems. This is a fairly slow growing, but exquisitely beautiful selection. We have it tucked in a patially shady corner in our gardens where it has climbed up a short trellis to maybe three feet and sprawled across the ground to form a patch maybe 12 to 18 inches high Provides outstanding color and texture in shady to partially shaded sites.