Bletilla striata Murasaki Shikibu Hybrid Vernonia lettermanii is a fascinating

Vernonia lettermanii is a fascinating ironweed that hails from Arkansas and Oklahoma where it can be found in rocky soils and on rock outcrops

this fast-growing

This circuitous route has produced a unique dwarf hosta

the flower emerges alongside the tripartite leaf

Bletilla striata Murasaki Shikibu Hybrid Vernonia lettermanii is a fascinatingThis unique selection of Bletilla striata has pale lavender flowers with a darker purple lip, both of which appear bluish to the eye in the right light. Bletilla striata 'Murasaki Shikibu' forms an 18" tall clump of upright, green pleated foliage that's topped, starting in mid April with 2' stalks of quarter sized flowers.