Amorphophallus paeoniifolius Pyrrosia This North American native often

This North American native often occurs naturally on calcium-rich soils

it will self seed if you don't remove all of the old flower stalks

(syn: Aster novae-angliae) If you have never seen a mass of Aster 'Purple Dome' in full flower

although flower buds were killed when winter temperatures dropped below 5 degrees F

This bizarre-looking collector's hosta is a sport of H

Amorphophallus paeoniifolius Pyrrosia This North American native often(formerly A. campanulatus) This little known gem has green marbled fleshy petioles (eventually becoming quite bumpy) to 8' tall in cultivation. Atop each stalk (petiole) is a giant peony like leaf to 8'+ wide. When the tuber gets large, it will produce the wildest flower you've ever seen looks like a "Peter Pepper" on steroids! Let's try again it looks like a purple dust ruffle on top of a short pedestal, inside of which is a distorted, purple human