Amorphophallus laoticus AGA 2301 01 Stokesia Athyrium 'Ghost' is a tremendous

Athyrium 'Ghost' is a tremendous hardy fern introduction from the Virginia garden of our friend

truly outstanding in the woodland garden

the clusters of red bell-shaped flowers (pleianthum = pleios "many" and anthemon "a flower") are held on very hairy pedicels (flower stalks) between the two lobed leaves (hexagonal when young)

quarter-sized leaves of black-green

Both Helleborus x hybridus and Helleborus niger produce both leaves and flower stalks directly from the subterranean crown of the plant

Amorphophallus laoticus AGA 2301 01 Stokesia Athyrium 'Ghost' is a tremendousAmorphophallus laoticus, which hails from the woodlands of Laos has long been one of our favorite voodoo lilies. The narrow segmented foliage emerges black, often with a faint red edge. The leaf petiole of Amorphophallus laoticus eventually reaches 2' tall. Once the tuber is large enough, the dramatic inflorescence tops the 5' tall flowering stalk green splotched on the outside base and purple black inside color coordinated with the long black spadix.