Gloriosa simplex North American Native Plants the best flowering occurs when

the best flowering occurs when it is grown in very moist soils

We love Carex buchananii

made by LariAnn Garner of Aroidia Research

opening in mid-February (NC)

heavily-ruffled leaves are bright gold

Gloriosa simplex North American Native Plants the best flowering occurs when(aka: Gloriosa plantii, Gloriosa superba 'Plantii') Gloriosa simplex is an amazingly showy species of the African native gloriosa lily. The 8' tall, twining deciduous vine is covered from June through summer (NC) with clusters of 3" flowers, each consisting of six red ruffled petals, highlighted by a dramatic yellow border that ages to cream. There are few plants better to beautify an ugly fence than gloriosa lilies. Like their cousins, colchicums