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A really lovely foliage plant collected in China by Don Jacobs (USA). The long broad leaves are ruffled along their margins in a very attractive way. The spikes of green flowers grow paler as they age and expand to almost cream colour. This young plant is looking a bit sorry for itself - during the process of division one of its leaves was bent back, and it doesn't produce them so freely that it can spare any to careless accidents! I got my plant from Cotswold Garden Flowers. Their label says: "Foliage plant with long evergreen ruffled leaves with seersucker-like centres, erect spikes of cream flowers low in the foliage Jun-Jan, 30cm. " Under the name Tupistra fimbriata 'Eco China Ruffles', Plant Delights Nursery say: "From a Don Jacobs expedition to China, comes this superb and extremely rare woodland perennial (first cousin to rohdeas). The evergreen hosta-like foliage forms an arching clump to 20" wide x 15" tall. Each 1' long x 2" wide leaf is chartreuse-green with incredible rippling throughout. For us, T. 'Eco China Ruffles' has proven quite easy to grow in typical garden conditions. To create year round interest in the garden, use tupistra near evergreen ferns and hellebores... evergreen to 5 degrees F." |
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