The Araliaceae have become a major new component of the sheltered woodland garden.

Many new species are growing in the garden at Tregrehan for the first time in the UK. Genera include;

Brassaiopsis from Arunachal Pradesh in India

Dendropanax from Mexico

Gamblea from the Himalaya

Metapanax from China

Oreopanax from Mexico

Pentapanax from China

Pseudopanax from New Zealand

Schefflera from Vietnam

Sinopanax from Taiwan

Trevesia from Vietnam

Often reaching 10 metres or more in warm evergreen forest the Araliads are often confusing to identify as they continually change their leaf shape until fully mature and flowering.

With many trees and shrubs in this type of vegetation having a simple leaf structure they provide a welcome distraction with often bizarre leaflet shapes on the tips of huge petioles up to a metre or more in size.