Hemiboea strigosa Helleborus I fell in love with

I fell in love with this 2' tall dwarf while on a trip to Florida

powder-blue foliage radiates out from the head of the central stalk like one of those "Rostrata-farian" hairdos

The common name of silver glade fern comes from the color of the leaf underside

hailing from high montane forests of the northeast Himalayas

Hemiboea strigosa Helleborus I fell in love withHemiboea strigosa is another little known member of the gesneriad family that makes a superb woodland perennial. Native to low mountain forests in China's Guangdong, Hunan, and Jiangxi Provinces, Hemiboea strigosa grows among the rocks. The fleshy stalks grow upright to 1' tall, while the plant spreads slowly via stolons to form a 3' wide patch in 3 years. Starting for us in early October, the stalk tips are adorned with 3 6 pendent pink tubular