Rostrinucula dependens Syria As with all hostas with

As with all hostas with white centers

the vigorous-growing clumps are topped with 20" scapes of lavender flowers

and be patient while it establishes

After growing this Asian gesneriad in the garden

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

Rostrinucula dependens Syria As with all hostas withOne 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