Syneilesis aconitifolia Ceratostigma Extensive long-term trials in cold

Extensive long-term trials in cold climates have found this to be one of the most cold hardy of all aucubas

transforming into 4' long

A favorite of the late garden writer Elizabeth Lawrence

Helleborus x hybridus need well drained soils to survive

Syneilesis aconitifolia Ceratostigma Extensive long-term trials in cold(aka: Senecio aconitifolius) I flipped (not literally) back in the 1980s when I first saw Syneilesis aconitifolia at the US National Arboretum, only later to rediscover it in the wilds of Korea. Syneilesis aconitifolia is a woodland Asteraceae (ligularia relative), native to dry hillsides in China, Japan, and Korea. As shredded umbrella plants emerge in early spring, the white wooly leaves push through the ground like mayapples or more appropriately,