Helicodiceros muscivorus Manettia deeply veined leaves of dark

deeply veined leaves of dark green with a wide white edge

Lycoris 'Peppermint' produces 20" tall stalks

topped with the typical green foliage that causes the plant to resemble a miniature palm tree

beginning for us in late April and continuing into October

In the early 1840s at Australia's Camden Park

Helicodiceros muscivorus Manettia deeply veined leaves of darkYou can bet this common name wasn't coined by a Wall Street marketing firm. Helicodiceros, an easy to grow first cousin to the famed aroid Dracunculus vulgaris, grows on rocky coastal cliffs on the Mediterranean Islands of Corsica, Sardinia, and the Balearics. The offsetting tubers give rise to the 1' tall, duck foot shaped, green, three dimensional foliage which emerges in very early spring. Later in spring, the spectacular tan and purple speckled