Diphylleia grayi 5b nearly white petioles emerge from

nearly white petioles emerge from the tuber to produce 1' long

The narrow foliage is vertically striped white

This unique Hosta 'Francee' mutation is almost certainly a reverse tetraploid of the parent

when the urge to procreate just becomes too overwhelming

each surrounded by a 1" wide

Diphylleia grayi 5b nearly white petioles emerge fromDiphylleia 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