Sabal palmetto Mocksville Musella This unique Kojima strain of

This unique Kojima strain of hardy calanthe orchids (Calanthe discolor x Calanthe sieboldii x Calanthe aristulifera x Calanthe tricarinata) produces flowers that are white to cream

light lavender-purple flowers

Persicaria polymorpha is native to high-elevation gravelly slopes in China and Japan but has made a superb garden plant for us in full sun

The late JC Raulston had the idea of crossing the Asian Calycanthus sinensis with the native Calycanthus floridus

but with a clear yellow border around the leaves

Sabal palmetto Mocksville Musella This unique Kojima strain ofThanks to hardy palm grower Larry Green for sharing seed from the Sabal palmetto growing at his former family home in Mocksville, NC (1 hour southwest of Winston Salem). Larry tells us this Sabal palmetto was planted around 1980, and survived the mega death winter of 1984 85 in NC. Larry's palm was grown from seed he collected years earlier from a Sabal palmetto at a motel in Fayetteville, NC, which also still survives. The broad fronds are less