Mukdenia rossii Karasuba Rhodophiala glossy leaves

glossy leaves

These are individual seedlings from the population

This amazing Gladiolus dalenii hybrid was introduced to the market by the former Holbrook Nursery in NC after it was discovered in the frigid mountain town of Boone

and has multiplied very well compared to many of the more commonly grown pedicellate trilliums

Pyrrosia polydactyla is a fern that deserves a very special specimen location in the woodland garden

Mukdenia rossii Karasuba Rhodophiala glossy leaves(aka: Aceriphyllum rossii) With a name like Mukdenia, it's gotta' be good and it is. I first ran across mukdenia in 1997 while botanizing Korea's Mt. Sorak. There it was on a sheer rock cliff, resembling dozens of hands trying to claw their way up from the crypt sorry, far too many horror movies as a child. In the garden, mukdenia prefers moist, rich soil, where it forms a 2' wide deciduous clump of green foliage, topped in April and May (NC) with 2'