Hosta Wooly Mammoth Calopogon cattleya orchid-like flowers with a

cattleya orchid-like flowers with a dark purple lip are held above the foliage

from the center of which emerges a fleshy appendage resembling an upside-down purple carrot

fleshy green leaves

(aka: Polygonatum multiflorum 'Variegata') Emanating from a thumb-sized horizontal rhizome just below the ground in spring

it will die to the ground

Hosta Wooly Mammoth Calopogon cattleya orchid-like flowers with aIf you enjoy the giant Hosta 'Blue Mammoth', then you'll certainly need to add a H. 'Wooly Mammoth' to your garden. This amazing sport adds a wide golden border to the thick, corrugated, blue green foliage on an already superb hosta. The dramatic, 5' wide clumps are adorned with 3' stalks of near white flowers in late spring.