Bletilla striata First Kiss Trachystemon Aspidistra are very low maintenance

Aspidistra are very low maintenance perennials

Liriope muscari is a handsome evergreen presence in the shade garden

Pyrrosia prefers to grow on a steep slope or somewhere where the self-attaching rhizomes can adhere to a vertical surface

This German introduction was discovered and named by the late Bob Hayes of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden

narrow green leaves

Bletilla striata First Kiss Trachystemon Aspidistra are very low maintenanceThere are a number of white edged leaf forms of the hardy orchid Bletilla striata, some without valid names. Our form, Bletilla 'First Kiss', has the same deeply veined, long green leaves that emerge from a central stem in late March. In late April (NC) the 2' tall stems are topped with small, white, orchid like flowers with a flush of purple on the lip. Bletilla 'First Kiss' is a vigorous grower that will quickly make a colony when grown in rich,