Heliconia schiedeana Carex Imagine gardening and sports

Imagine gardening and sports

(aka: Aspidistra GS #2) Aspidistra retusa 'Nanjing Green' is a 2008 Plant Delights/JLBG introduction of a plant the late Greg Speichert brought back from a 1990s trip to China's Nanjing Botanic Garden

Due to Federal regulations

We have grown this little known Chinese Heptapleurum delavayi since 2003 and have had it survive 8 degrees F with no protection

the broad-shouldered

Heliconia schiedeana Carex Imagine gardening and sportsHeliconia schiedeana is the most cold hardy species of lobster claw. Although we have had it survive 10 degrees F in the ground, it requires two year old growth to produce flowers. Protection, such as a banana cage filled with mulch, should do the trick. When happy, the 6' tall stalk of bold thalia like foliage is topped from summer through fall with upright, bright red, lobster like inflorescences adorned with bright yellow flowers at the axils. Dry