Taccarum caudatum Eruption Light Shade to Shade a sport from our 1999

a sport from our 1999 release Hosta 'Choo Choo Train'

Conradina verticillata 'Rocky Top' has so much garden value

May we introduce you to the buffalo gourd

This 1994 Plant Delights/JLBG introduction was found by our friend

rainy summer climates

Taccarum caudatum Eruption Light Shade to Shade a sport from our 1999Taccarum caudatum is an amazing hardy tuberous aroid (think arum, arisaema, amorphophallus), but without the aroma. Hailing from Bolivia, Peru, and Northern Brazil, taccarum have no business being winter hardy for us in Zone 7b, but after a decade in the ground, they not only return, but thrive and multiply. The underground tubers give rise to 4' tall amorphophallus like stalks of foliage emerging for us in mid June. The leaflets are quite a bit wider