Diphylleia grayi Danae emerges in mid-spring along with

emerges in mid-spring along with the new flower spikes

Verbena 'St

cattleya orchid-like flowers with a dark purple lip are held above the foliage

Lycoris radiata x Lycoris x haywardii

'Patriot' but is surrounded by the same sharply contrasting wide

Diphylleia grayi Danae emerges in mid-spring along withDiphylleia grayi is a little known mayapple and fairy wing relative, native to moist wooded mountainsides in colder regions of China and Japan. Diphylleia grayi forms clumps of large, fuzzy, green, umbrella like, bold foliage topped by small clusters of white, mayapple like flowers in late spring. When it rains on the flowers they magically turn translucent then return to white as they dry. In late summer, the stalks of eye catching cobalt blue fruit