Lysichiton americanus, Skunk Cabbage or Swamp Lantern houseplant The flowers are rather shy

The flowers are rather shy

they'll be on the ground all at once forming a brilliant yellow sunny pool of light

reblooming

One foot wide and slowly vertical

Everything about this birch is diminutive

Lysichiton americanus, Skunk Cabbage or Swamp Lantern houseplant The flowers are rather shySaddled with a name that scares people away, Skunk Cabbage, in fact, has much to offer: a glowing lemon yellow spathe and spadix and glossy bright green leaves 3 ft long and wide. With ornamental uses not fully appreciated, it has been underused in the bog garden. Swamp Lantern, another common name, conjures up a more pleasant and more apt image. It would be a wonderful companion to Sarracenias, Rodgersia, Ligularia, Farfugium, ferns, Podophyllum,