Syneilesis aconitifolia Ceratostigma transforming into 4' long

transforming into 4' long

one from northern Florida and another from northern Georgia

A favorite of the late garden writer Elizabeth Lawrence

so that it won't get lost

a happy clump of cinnamon fern can reach 3' tall x 3' wide

Syneilesis aconitifolia Ceratostigma transforming into 4' long(aka: Senecio aconitifolius) I flipped (not literally) back in the 1980s when I first saw Syneilesis aconitifolia at the US National Arboretum, only later to rediscover it in the wilds of Korea. Syneilesis aconitifolia is a woodland Asteraceae (ligularia relative), native to dry hillsides in China, Japan, and Korea. As shredded umbrella plants emerge in early spring, the white wooly leaves push through the ground like mayapples or more appropriately,