Syneilesis subglabrata Spring Flowering Plants and gentryi

and gentryi

edged with a wide border of gold

Canna 'White Tiger' forms a 3' tall clump of nicely striped foliage

but this should be limited to 1-2 hours

Syneilesis subglabrata Spring Flowering Plants and gentryiSyneilesis subglabrata is a little known umbrella plant that I first met on a 2008 expedition to central Taiwan's Wuling Farm region, where it grew in open woodlands with Arisaema taiwanense. The clumps are composed of thin, 18" tall, cinnamon colored stalks, topped by a solitary leaf which emerges with much narrower lobes than the other species, with only a bit of grey hair in the leaf center. The very serrate leaf edges and glossy foliage, give it a