Mukdenia rossii Karasuba Burma/Myanmar but don't expect a cypripedium

but don't expect a cypripedium

The growth habit is dramatically upright with large

frosty silver leaves

but recent DNA testing showed it actually is Asparagus cochinchinensis

Garden Value:

Mukdenia rossii Karasuba Burma/Myanmar but don't expect a cypripedium(aka: Aceriphyllum rossii) With a name like Mukdenia, it's gotta' be good and it is. I first ran across mukdenia in 1997 while botanizing Korea's Mt. Sorak. There it was on a sheer rock cliff, resembling dozens of hands trying to claw their way up from the crypt sorry, far too many horror movies as a child. In the garden, mukdenia prefers moist, rich soil, where it forms a 2' wide deciduous clump of green foliage, topped in April and May (NC) with 2'