Bletilla striata Tri Lips Hymenoxys This unique hosta makes a

This unique hosta makes a 20" tall x 43" wide clump of large rippled leaves

Conradina verticillata 'Rocky Top' has so much garden value

spider-like rose-pink flowers

Helleborus 'Red Silver' holds its pewter leaf color well through the summer

Bletilla striata Tri Lips Hymenoxys This unique hosta makes aThis bizarre selection of the Japanese ground orchid, Bletilla striata, makes a nice deciduous clump of pleated green leaves, topped in late April (NC) with narrow flower stalks. Each 2' stalk is adorned with dark purple flowers that each have three lips instead of the normal one sort of like you would look after a boxing match with Mike Tyson. Bletilla striata 'Tri Lips' is truly one of the strangest mutations I've ever seen on a hardy perennial.