Cypripedium japonicum Thrillers Baptisia 'Purple Smoke' is a

Baptisia 'Purple Smoke' is a cross of the North American native Baptisia minor var

Our original plant of Arbequina olive

eucalyptus-like

Each attention-drawing 30" wide clump is topped in late October with 4' tall stalks of bright yellow daisies

"That's a fern

Cypripedium japonicum Thrillers Baptisia 'Purple Smoke' is aI'll never forget the time I saw my first Cypripedium japonicum orchid at the US National Arboretum. I had never seen anything quite this beautiful. The spectacular, heavily pleated green leaves of Cypripedium japonicum resemble a Japanese hand fan opened horizontally atop a 6" tall stem. Held just above the foliage is a scrumptious pink ladyslipper like flower. As you can imagine, the supply of these nursery propagated plants is very limited.