St. John's, NL (Zone 5b) | December 2004 | positive
This is another member of the Cortusoides group that might be grown for its foliage, as well as its flowers. The fuzzy leaves are not u...Read Morenlike those of Tiarella, Heucherella or some species of Geranium. From the rosette of palmate leaves arises stems to 24" that may have up to 4 umbels of rose-purple flowers (the flower arrangement is something like those of the Candelabra section). A great woodland subject for a moist site. In the wild they hail from northern Japanese mossy, mixed forests.
This is another member of the Cortusoides group that might be grown for its foliage, as well as its flowers. The fuzzy leaves are not u...Read More