Rostrinucula dependens Syria Helleborus x hybridus 'Black Diamond'

Helleborus x hybridus 'Black Diamond' is a superb single-flowered

As with all hostas with white centers

Extended dry spells in summer can decrease blooming as is typical in their native range of Texas and Mexico

Aucuba japonica var

Erythrina x bidwillii emerges from the ground in late spring to form a 6' tall x 8' wide mound of arching stalks adorned with giant

Rostrinucula dependens Syria Helleborus x hybridus 'Black Diamond'One of the truly great WHATZAT plants of the fall garden, that results in more questions than anything else is Rostrinucula dependens. Little known outside its native haunts in Shaanxi, China and south to Yunnan, this deciduous shrub to 4' tall is adorned with flaking brown bark and acts as a dieback perennial in the northern parts of its hardiness zone. It remains obscure until late summer and into early fall, when the long pendent, branched flower