Cypripedium Philipp Dark Gentiana exquisitely fragrant flowers

exquisitely fragrant flowers

Hosta 'Miss Susie' is an Arthur Wrede hybrid with golden-yellow leaves

central creamy-white leaf pattern that remains bright all summer

it takes two seasons for the plant to show it's mature beauty

Cypripedium Philipp Dark Gentiana exquisitely fragrant flowersCypripedium 'Philipp Dark' is a wonderful new color form of the insanely popular Cypripedium 'Philipp'. Like its parent, Cypripedium 'Philipp Dark' is a hybrid of the Chinese native orchid, Cypripedium macranthos and the large growing North American native, Cypripedium kentuckiense. Cypripedium 'Philipp Dark' is a superb performer in our heat and humidity, forming a robust clump to nearly 2' tall, topped in late spring with large slippers of dark