Arisaema barnesii Lepisorus Chelone glabra 'Black Ace' is

Chelone glabra 'Black Ace' is a 2001 Plant Delights/JLBG introduction of an amazing native perennial (Canada south to central Alabama) that we picked up and subsequently named from NC plantsman

but this is usually not a problem unless you use fast-release chemical fertilizers

I'll bet you never thought about having an 'Illicit Affair' in your home garden

2' wide deciduous clumps are topped in midsummer with 2' terminal flower spikes of dangling coral-orange flowers

Colocasia heterochroma 'Dark Shadows' is an amazing summer container plant but in the garden Colocasia heterochroma doesn't emerge for us until June

Arisaema barnesii Lepisorus Chelone glabra 'Black Ace' isThis hard to find species comes from the high mountains of Southern India near Kerala where it can be found at over 6000'. The leaf stalk of this small growing species and accompanying 5 9 leaflet leaf only reaches 1' tall. A. barnesii flowers in late May (NC) with an attractive green and white striped spathe, holding a small alien antennae like spadix.