Rostrinucula dependens Syria Extended dry spells in summer

Extended dry spells in summer can decrease blooming as is typical in their native range of Texas and Mexico

As with all hostas with white centers

Another option for propagation of a selected clone is via flower stalk cuttings

and be patient while it establishes

but we'd grow this for the foliage alone

Rostrinucula dependens Syria Extended dry spells in summerOne of the truly great WHATZAT plants of the fall garden, that results in more questions than anything else is Rostrinucula dependens. Little known outside its native haunts in Shaanxi, China and south to Yunnan, this deciduous shrub to 4' tall is adorned with flaking brown bark and acts as a dieback perennial in the northern parts of its hardiness zone. It remains obscure until late summer and into early fall, when the long pendent, branched flower