Garrya wrightii Catron Alpinia clothed with creamy-yellow-edged green leaves

clothed with creamy-yellow-edged green leaves

Pinellia discolor does produce tiny bulbils on the leaves but is not weedy like other members of the genus

'Sombrero' makes a lovely 3' wide clump of smooth

absolutely outstanding

This amorphophallus cousin from the Mediterranean is equally as bizarre but much more winter hardy

Garrya wrightii Catron Alpinia clothed with creamy-yellow-edged green leavesGarrya wrightii is a little cultivated evergreen desert shrub, native to shaded alkaline rocky cliffs from 5,000' to 8,000' elevation in Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. The 7' tall plants are adorned with terminal spikes of leucothoe like white flowers in spring, followed by attractive clusters of purple berries. This is a seed grown collection from Catron County, New Mexico, in the hopes of finding a form that will survive in Zone 7b. So far, so