Rohdea japonica Otome Italy In very early spring

In very early spring

Remember killing gunnera at least three times is an official right of passage before you qualify as a true plant nerd

carefully placed spines

it has good vigor for a miniature hosta

(aka: originally introduced as Dianthus 'Red Devil') This 2007 Plant Delights/JLBG introduction was discovered here as a flower mutation on our patch of Dianthus 'Feuerhexe' (Firewitch)

Rohdea japonica Otome Italy In very early springRohdea japonica 'Otome' is one of the most admired and coveted sacred lilies in our garden. Rohdea 'Otome' is an ideal selection for the rock garden, since it forms a very low 6" tall x 15" wide, dense evergreen clump, composed of 8" long x 3" wide leaves, completely covered with fairly uniform cream streaks. It's taken us fifteen years to produce enough to share, and it will most likely be many more years before it shows up again.