Specialocasia vietnamensis Phat Chance Paraguay Spigelia marilandica is an extremely

Spigelia marilandica is an extremely low maintenance plant

having been used to treat for asthma

so locate it so that it stays very dry during the winter months

We can think of few better woodland drought-tolerant groundcovers for summer flowering than this amazing gesneriad

This massively stunning specimen is composed of wrist-sized 7' tall stalks

Specialocasia vietnamensis Phat Chance Paraguay Spigelia marilandica is an extremelyHere's another plant you've never heard of before! In 2005, we were driving through the restricted military region of North Vietnam, along the Southern China border, when we spotted what appeared to be an elephant ear hybrid growing in a wild patch of Leucocasia (Colocasia) gigantea. It would take us years to get a confirmation from Aroid expert Peter Boyce that, indeed, we had discovered the first ever documented hybrid between elephant ear genera