Bletilla ochracea Oriental Gold 10a a cross of the Japanese

a cross of the Japanese painted fern and a giant local selection of lady fern that we call Athyrium filix-femina 'Kipling Giant'

cold hardy form of Aucuba japonica

This vigorously multiplying canna is topped off all summer with unique red flower buds that open to large

a 5-year-old clump of Salvia 'Black and Blue' can spread to 6' wide

The slowly enlarging clump is composed of hastate

Bletilla ochracea Oriental Gold 10a a cross of the JapaneseBletilla ochracea 'Oriental Gold' is an incredible selection of the normally yellow flowered hardy Asian ground orchid, shared by plantsman Alan Galloway. The 18" tall pleated green leaves compose a fast multiplying, dense clump. Starting in late May (NC), the clumps are topped with 3' tall spikes of near white flowers, highlighted by a dark yellow lip, flecked in maroon heaviest toward the throat. For us, Bletilla 'Oriental Gold' flowers well into