Rohdea japonica Galle Florida Native Plants heavily-textured foliage provide a nice

heavily-textured foliage provide a nice foil for the whorls of yellow

The cupped medium pink flowers are each highlighted by a large white center that radiates out into each petal

Do not ever remove the current year foliage

Salvia chamaedryoides differs in having silvery-grey foliage and cobalt blue flowers and it is a smaller plant

and named in 1958 by Dr

Rohdea japonica Galle Florida Native Plants heavily-textured foliage provide a nice(aka: R. 'Tyokkwina') From the late Fred Galle, via the US National Arboretum (USNA #39665), comes this vigorous cultivar of the evergreen sacred lily. The much narrower than normal, boat shaped, dark green leaves (18" long x 1" wide) make an arching clump similar to a hosta. As with the species, this rare evergreen perennial makes a great winter interest plant for the woodland one of the collector plants of great value in Japan.