Hemiboea subacaulis var jiangxiensis Jiangxi Bells Orontium The plant was eventually named

The plant was eventually named by Ted Stephens of Nurseries Caroliniana

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

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

edged with a heavily stitched

Hemiboea subacaulis var jiangxiensis Jiangxi Bells Orontium The plant was eventually namedHemiboea 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