Acanthus mollis Rue Ledan Musa Old flower stalks are best

Old flower stalks are best removed for appearance sake

even for an amorphophallus

it grows on rocky mountainous slopes and outcrops

which can lead to pests like spider mites

It helps to understand their normal life cycle: New daylily foliage is produced after winter gives way to spring

Acanthus mollis Rue Ledan Musa Old flower stalks are bestThanks to Herman van Beusekom of the Netherlands for sharing this great bear's breech which he named Acanthus 'Rue Ledan'. This is one of the few Acanthus mollis selections that has grown well in our hot, humid summers. The cutleaf, shiny, dark green foliage composes a large specimen clump to 3' in width. In June, the tropical looking deer resistant clump is topped with 3' tall spikes of pure white flowers (compared with the normal purple hood over