Cypripedium tibeticum Oxalis As with all blue-leaf hostas

As with all blue-leaf hostas

which are also highly prized by all kinds of bees

In 10 years

followed by green seed pods that bend toward the ground as the berries ripen to shiny metallic black

The much narrower than normal

Cypripedium tibeticum Oxalis As with all blue-leaf hostasCypripedium tibeticum is a tiny hardy ladyslipper orchid species native to southern China (southern Gansu, western Sichuan, western Yunnan, Xizang, as well as Bhutan and Sikkim) at 8,000' 14,000' elevation. In the garden, Cypripedium tibeticum makes a small 8" tall clump, topped in spring with a flower that includes a purple to violet pouch with similarly colored arching sepals. Our seed grown nursery propagated plants are all flowering size. These