Aspidistra molendinacea Skin Tight Green Jeans Perennial Plant of the Year We're pretty sure this is

We're pretty sure this is a hybrid of Kniphofia rooperi

We prefer to leave them to give birds a place to perch

even for the small garden

"Amanogawa" is Japanese for "Milky Way Galaxy

eventually creating a stack of porcupine-like balls

Aspidistra molendinacea Skin Tight Green Jeans Perennial Plant of the Year We're pretty sure this isWe are pleased to once again offer the rare Chinese aspidistra, Aspidistra molendinacea, first published in 2002 from Guangxi, China. This is one of the slowest growing cast iron plant species in our collection, so supplies are always limited. Our clone of Aspidistra molendinacea has been fine in our Zone 7b garden since 2008, where it produces very thick 20" long, rigidly upright leaves that include a 6" basal stem. The shiny green leaves are faintly