Mukdenia rossii Karasuba Burma/Myanmar Beginning in late summer and

Beginning in late summer and continuing through fall

Beschorneria are low maintenance plants that are stunning in bloom and have a year-round presence in the garden with their rosettes of evergreen foliage

5' tall clump composed of upright dark purple stems

but recent DNA testing showed it actually is Asparagus cochinchinensis

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Mukdenia rossii Karasuba Burma/Myanmar Beginning in late summer and(aka: Aceriphyllum rossii) With a name like Mukdenia, it's gotta' be good and it is. I first ran across mukdenia in 1997 while botanizing Korea's Mt. Sorak. There it was on a sheer rock cliff, resembling dozens of hands trying to claw their way up from the crypt sorry, far too many horror movies as a child. In the garden, mukdenia prefers moist, rich soil, where it forms a 2' wide deciduous clump of green foliage, topped in April and May (NC) with 2'