Asarum dissitum Black Flowering Plants tan and black patterned petiole

tan and black patterned petiole

visitors ask in disbelief

Sarracenia purpurea produces new pitchers throughout the growing season

making a classy candelabra that dries atop the stalk for a great winter ornament in the garden or for use in dried arrangements

Our friend and brilliant plant taxonomist Larry Hatch has so far traced this amazing cultivar back to 1812

Asarum dissitum Black Flowering Plants tan and black patterned petioleFrom Ishigaki Island in the Japanese Ryuku Island chain comes a new asarum into the US. A. dissitum is renowned for its thick velvety evergreen foliage, which can be either solid green or occasionally speckled with silver. A clump formed from the large rounded 3 4" leaves makes a spectacular specimen for the woodland rock garden. The small rounded brown bottle shaped flowers surround the base in spring.