Hemiboea subacaulis var jiangxiensis Jiangxi Bells Orontium The basal foliage emerges in

The basal foliage emerges in October and grows through the winter to provide food for next year's flowers

It is Arisaema griffithii to which the common name cobra lily most applies

This amazingly vigorous Japanese selection of Solomon's seal forms a patch of finger-like rhizomes

the clumps are topped with very tall spikes of light lavender flowers

Hemiboea subacaulis var jiangxiensis Jiangxi Bells Orontium The basal foliage emerges inHemiboea subacaulis var. jiangxiensis 'Jiangxi Bells' is an amazing new, hardy gesneriad from a joint collection by Scott McMahon (Atlanta Botanical Garden), and Mark Weathington (JCRA). Discovered in Jinggangshan, China, this seems to be a new species to cultivation. The 1' wide, fuzzy leaf rosettes, spread via stolons to form a lovely deciduous groundcover. Starting for us in mid September, the rosettes are each topped with a cluster of tubular pink