Manfreda undulata Chocolate Chips Fargesia with numerous 4'+ tall flowering

with numerous 4'+ tall flowering spikes

(aka: Thalictrum thalictroides) Anemonella 'Betty Blake' is a cute selection of the deer-resistant US native Anemonella thalictroides that forms a small rock garden specimen to 6" tall x 6" wide

Zephyranthes 'Moulin Rouge' was the first commercially available semi-double rain lily

moist toes

so expect a 3' wide patch in 5 years in good rich soil

Manfreda undulata Chocolate Chips Fargesia with numerous 4'+ tall floweringI nearly fell over when I first saw this amazing manfreda at Yucca Do Nursery. The 2' long, rubbery, lizard like, very wavy, glaucous leaves are heavily spotted chocolate. Each Manfreda 'Chocolate Chips' clump lays flat on the ground, radiating out to form a starfish like rosette. The winter deciduous 1' tall x 4' wide rosettes (in good soil) are topped with 3' tall spikes of alien antennae like flowers in June cool flowers and cool foliage. Well