Amorphophallus laoticus AGA 2301 01 Stokesia Once the plant has gone

Once the plant has gone dormant in fall

The 15" long x 2" wide plastic-feeling upright

Both Helleborus x hybridus and Helleborus niger produce both leaves and flower stalks directly from the subterranean crown of the plant

The result is a rigidly upright fern to 2-3' tall with the silvery grey foliage of Athyrium niponicum

the clusters of red bell-shaped flowers (pleianthum = pleios "many" and anthemon "a flower") are held on very hairy pedicels (flower stalks) between the two lobed leaves (hexagonal when young)

Amorphophallus laoticus AGA 2301 01 Stokesia Once the plant has goneAmorphophallus laoticus, which hails from the woodlands of Laos has long been one of our favorite voodoo lilies. The narrow segmented foliage emerges black, often with a faint red edge. The leaf petiole of Amorphophallus laoticus eventually reaches 2' tall. Once the tuber is large enough, the dramatic inflorescence tops the 5' tall flowering stalk green splotched on the outside base and purple black inside color coordinated with the long black spadix.