Rohdea japonica Zansetsu Southwest Garden Plants Impatiens omeiana is stoloniferous and

Impatiens omeiana is stoloniferous and

Helleborus 'Anna's Red' is a sterile hellebore

The green stems are clothed with 3" long glossy green leaves and adorned with small but insanely fragrant white flowers from January through March

When I first saw Iris laevigata 'Variegata' many years ago in the famed garden of Pennsylvania's Charles Cresson

If you love ferns

Rohdea japonica Zansetsu Southwest Garden Plants Impatiens omeiana is stoloniferous andRohdea 'Zansetsu', whose name translates to "remaining snow on the mountain", is a prized collector's selection. The tight evergreen clumps of 20" long, upright, dark green leaves are heavily blotched with creamy white streaks what you'd expect if a city slicker tried to milk a cow without the proper equipment. The clumps are also adorned with short spikes of large bright red berries in the winter, which adds an appropriately festive Ken Kesey