Syneilesis aconitifolia Ceratostigma A favorite of the late

A favorite of the late garden writer Elizabeth Lawrence

one from northern Florida and another from northern Georgia

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(aka: Disporum uniflorum) We first encountered this fairy bell in the wild in 1997 on Korea's Ulleung Island

Syneilesis aconitifolia Ceratostigma A favorite of the late(aka: Senecio aconitifolius) I flipped (not literally) back in the 1980s when I first saw Syneilesis aconitifolia at the US National Arboretum, only later to rediscover it in the wilds of Korea. Syneilesis aconitifolia is a woodland Asteraceae (ligularia relative), native to dry hillsides in China, Japan, and Korea. As shredded umbrella plants emerge in early spring, the white wooly leaves push through the ground like mayapples or more appropriately,