Description
topped in late May with 18" stalks of stunning flowers
Cypripedium 'Christian' forms a 1' tall x 1' wide vigorous clump
it is foraged as an edible asparagus substitute
the star of Jim Ault's baptisia breeding at the Chicago Botanic Garden
the foliage of Liriope 'Peedee Ingot' fades to a chartreuse-green in late summer
Specialocasia vietnamensis Phat Chance Habranthus topped in late May withHere's another plant you've never heard of before! In 2005, we were driving through the restricted military region of North Vietnam, along the Southern China border, when we spotted what appeared to be an elephant ear hybrid growing in a wild patch of Leucocasia (Colocasia) gigantea. It would take us years to get a confirmation from Aroid expert Peter Boyce that, indeed, we had discovered the first ever documented hybrid between elephant ear genera