Aspidistra carnosa Rigid Ribbons Spotted/Speckled Foliage Plants and with Hosta 'Peter Pan'

and with Hosta 'Peter Pan' as a parent

it makes one of the most dramatic specimens in the woodland garden

bright gold streaked seed strain of Helleborus foetidus that first appeared here in our gardens in 1996

each with a large lip designed for smooching hummingbirds

Pteris wallichiana does spread a bit via thick underground rhizomes

Aspidistra carnosa Rigid Ribbons Spotted/Speckled Foliage Plants and with Hosta 'Peter Pan'Aspidistra carnosa is one of the more unusual cast iron plants, looking more like a giant liriope. Our offering of Aspidistra carnosa 'Rigid Ribbons' is a North Vietnamese collection brought to the US by plantsman Barry Yinger. The 2' tall x 1" wide, deeply pleated, arching, green leaves form an evergreen clump, adorned at ground level in early February with heavily corrugated, quarter sized burgundy flowers, each resembling everyone's favorite plant,