Trillium oostingii Camden Purple Medicinal Plants brought to the US as

brought to the US as an un-named clone of Aspidistra lurida from China's Wuhan Botanical Garden by plantsman Hayes Jackson

green and black stem

arching mahogany stems are laden with hundreds of light yellow

I cannot imagine why Crinum 'Ollene' is not grown in every southern garden

" Discovered at Mobjack Nursery

Trillium oostingii Camden Purple Medicinal Plants brought to the US asWhen we first visited the famed South Carolina Trillium oostingii site in 2005, prior to its naming, we were fascinated to see that a tiny (<1%) of the yellow flowered population had purple flowers, with absolutely no sign of any intermediates. It's taken us seventeen years of growing these from seed to have enough of the rare purple forms to share, and our supply is very limited. The 8" tall size and mottled leaf pattern are identical to the normal