Disporum smilacinum Ki Naka Fu Violet Flowering Plants Escallonia 'Lades' is the latest

Escallonia 'Lades' is the latest breeding effort to create more winter hardy

This Japanese selection

Hosta 'Unruly Child' is topped with 28" tall spikes of rather attractive lavender flowers in mid-August

Spiranthes vernalis is a widespread Eastern US native species (New Hampshire southwest to Texas)

each highlighted with yellow throats (nothing a little Zicam won't cure)

Disporum smilacinum Ki Naka Fu Violet Flowering Plants Escallonia 'Lades' is the latestDisporum smilacinum 'Ki Naka Fu' is a prized, variegated Japanese selection of the Asian fairy bells that makes a lovely woodland specimen. It spreads gently through the garden to interweave with ferns, hostas, and other woodland plants. The 8" tall stalks that arise from the below ground rhizome are clothed with golden leaves, edged with small green streaks. The small, white star like flower tops the foliage in early spring. Do not confuse this with