Iris ensata Agrippinella Sikkim region of India Asarum faurei var

Asarum faurei var

It disappears entirely for the winter but will return year after year each spring

Japanese bamboo fern is a unique bold-textured fern with upright

If you've ever seen the magnificent flower

it's perfect in rock walls or meandering near the front of an open perennial border

Iris ensata Agrippinella Sikkim region of India Asarum faurei varI don't know what an agrippinella is, although I think I ate one once in Vietnam, but I do know that the iris by that name is a real stunner. Iris 'Agrippinella' is a selection of Japanese iris that begins flowering for us in early June (NC) with 3' tall stalks, topped with huge 8" wide flowers with 6 horizontal lavender purple petals, each highlighted by a central white blotch that radiates out into the petal like sun rays attractive to hummingbirds.