Cuphea cyanea Ashevilla Chocolate Garden fleshy green leaf

fleshy green leaf

vertically-striped

Liriope muscari is a handsome evergreen presence in the shade garden

(aka: Aspidistra sp

but Mark actually registered it as Millenium

Cuphea cyanea Ashevilla Chocolate Garden fleshy green leafCuphea cyanea is one of those plants that simply shouldn't have any winter hardiness, but that's one of the lovely things about plants not being able to read. Hailing from the southern Mexican states of Chiapas and Oaxaca, I was astounded upon seeing it in the Asheville, NC garden of Jasmin and Peter Gentling, where it made a reliable perennial. Shared cuttings have thrived in our garden trials since 2013, so in 2018, it became a Plant Delights JLBG