Mukdenia rossii Karasuba Variegated Foliage Plants This 1994 Plant Delights/JLBG introduction

This 1994 Plant Delights/JLBG introduction was derived as a seedling from H

When I first saw Iris laevigata 'Variegata' many years ago in the famed garden of Pennsylvania's Charles Cresson

where they reseed politely

The upright branches of Salvia chamaedryoides are topped with true sky-blue flowers (really

From mid-July through August

Mukdenia rossii Karasuba Variegated Foliage Plants This 1994 Plant Delights/JLBG introduction(aka: Aceriphyllum rossii) With a name like Mukdenia, it's gotta' be good and it is. I first ran across mukdenia in 1997 while botanizing Korea's Mt. Sorak. There it was on a sheer rock cliff, resembling dozens of hands trying to claw their way up from the crypt sorry, far too many horror movies as a child. In the garden, mukdenia prefers moist, rich soil, where it forms a 2' wide deciduous clump of green foliage, topped in April and May (NC) with 2'