Hemiboea strigosa Plants Retiring This Year Our 2011 planted clump of

Our 2011 planted clump of the evergreen Helleborus x sahinii 'Winter Bells' has made a 15" tall x 2' wide clump of dark green

but tolerates short term droughts quite well

Trachycarpus 'Columbus' matures at 20' tall

and has multiplied very well compared to many of the more commonly grown pedicellate trilliums

Hemiboea strigosa Plants Retiring This Year Our 2011 planted clump ofHemiboea strigosa is another little known member of the gesneriad family that makes a superb woodland perennial. Native to low mountain forests in China's Guangdong, Hunan, and Jiangxi Provinces, Hemiboea strigosa grows among the rocks. The fleshy stalks grow upright to 1' tall, while the plant spreads slowly via stolons to form a 3' wide patch in 3 years. Starting for us in early October, the stalk tips are adorned with 3 6 pendent pink tubular