Rostrinucula dependens Syria topped from June through August

topped from June through August (NC) with attractive clusters of fragrant

Helleborus x hybridus 'Black Diamond' is a superb single-flowered

After growing this Asian gesneriad in the garden

the vigorous-growing clumps are topped with 20" scapes of lavender flowers

Rostrinucula dependens Syria topped from June through AugustOne of the truly great WHATZAT plants of the fall garden, that results in more questions than anything else is Rostrinucula dependens. Little known outside its native haunts in Shaanxi, China and south to Yunnan, this deciduous shrub to 4' tall is adorned with flaking brown bark and acts as a dieback perennial in the northern parts of its hardiness zone. It remains obscure until late summer and into early fall, when the long pendent, branched flower