Helleborus lemperii Frosty PPAF Canary Islands (aka: Cimicifuga rubifolia) This wonderful

(aka: Cimicifuga rubifolia) This wonderful rare native (globally rare ranking of G3) from Virginia west to Tennessee has languished in taxonomic purgatory under a parade of invalid names

Plantsman Ted Stephens of Nurseries Caroliniana brought this unusual selection of the Chinese Aspidistra sichuanensis from the garden of the late variegated plant collector/author

Dysosma veitchii

dark-purple foliage of this excellent Japanese hybrid

Iris brevicaulis 'Yucca Do Blue' forms a 2' tall x 6' wide patch of wide green

Helleborus lemperii Frosty PPAF Canary Islands (aka: Cimicifuga rubifolia) This wonderfulHelleborus 'Frosty' is a new selection of Helleborus x lemperii, which is a cross of Helleborus x hybridus and Helleborus niger. The huge, outfacing white flower, open in January, which is slightly after Helleborus niger, and before the Helleborus x hybridus flowering season. The 16" tall x 20" wide clumps of this sterile hybrid are topped with clusters of buds that emerge blushed pink, and open pure white.