Aristolochia fimbriata Erythrina This Japanese selection of their

This Japanese selection of their native aucuba is painfully slow-growing

the white (with a central yellow blotch)

deer-resistant baptisia with charcoal-green stems (when mature) and dozens of giant lupine-like flower heads of dusty purple

Once planted

root concoctions are sniffed to treat colds and teas are purportedly good for an assortment of other pains

Aristolochia fimbriata Erythrina This Japanese selection of theirAristolochia fimbriata is a really cool deciduous groundcover Dutchman's pipe that spreads out to 2'. The prostrate little green stems are clothed with medium green rounded leaves, each highlighted with dramatic silver veining. The cute, little, 1" long, yellow and brown flowers resemble miniature elephant trunks and are produced along the stem all summer. In winter, the stems retreat back to the base so there are no invasive problems with this gem!