Apios priceana Laos Old hosta flower stalks are

Old hosta flower stalks are best removed for appearance sake

such as Zephyranthes candida from Argentina will thrive in a wet spot

Replant in spring once the soil has warmed up

the late Gerald Darby

Amorphophallus kiusianus has proven to be one of the most durable and hardiest of the Amorphophallus species

Apios priceana Laos Old hosta flower stalks areWe wonder how many of our native plant friends have grown the amazing potato bean. Apios priceana is a Federally Threatened native vine with a distribution in only two dozen counties, centered around central Tennessee. Apios priceana, the much rarer cousin of our native Apios americana, forms a 10' tall, well behaved climbing bean, topped from June through August (NC) with attractive clusters of fragrant, light lavender flowers. The flowers,