Calanthe Kozu Spice 8a With adequate moisture

With adequate moisture

This is the largest of the blue hostas

At the top of each stalk are 2-3" wide

where it spreads slowly by means of a very thick surface-dwelling rhizome

This slow-spreader has tiny yellow flowers and equally tiny pinhead-sized green leaves

Calanthe Kozu Spice 8a With adequate moistureOriginally hybridized for Japanese flower shows, Calanthe 'Kozu Spice' is an amazing garden worthy seed strain of hardy terrestrial orchids (Calanthe discolor x Calanthe izu insularis). Calanthe 'Kozu Spice' forms a slowly spreading mass of ground hugging, large pleated green foliage, topped, starting in mid April (NC) with 10" tall flower spikes. The clove scented flowers come in bicolor combinations of white and red, yellow and red, pink and red,