Syneilesis aconitifolia Ceratostigma Helleborus x hybridus need well

Helleborus x hybridus need well drained soils to survive

(aka: Disporum uniflorum) We first encountered this fairy bell in the wild in 1997 on Korea's Ulleung Island

A favorite of the late garden writer Elizabeth Lawrence

so that it won't get lost

Remove unattractive foliage as necessary

Syneilesis aconitifolia Ceratostigma Helleborus x hybridus need well(aka: Senecio aconitifolius) I flipped (not literally) back in the 1980s when I first saw Syneilesis aconitifolia at the US National Arboretum, only later to rediscover it in the wilds of Korea. Syneilesis aconitifolia is a woodland Asteraceae (ligularia relative), native to dry hillsides in China, Japan, and Korea. As shredded umbrella plants emerge in early spring, the white wooly leaves push through the ground like mayapples or more appropriately,