Bletilla ochracea Oriental Gold 10a the clumps are topped with

the clumps are topped with 3' scapes of near-white flowers

a cross of the Japanese painted fern and a giant local selection of lady fern that we call Athyrium filix-femina 'Kipling Giant'

a 5-year-old clump of Salvia 'Black and Blue' can spread to 6' wide

Comptonia peregrina spreads by short stolons

This vigorously multiplying canna is topped off all summer with unique red flower buds that open to large

Bletilla ochracea Oriental Gold 10a the clumps are topped withBletilla ochracea 'Oriental Gold' is an incredible selection of the normally yellow flowered hardy Asian ground orchid, shared by plantsman Alan Galloway. The 18" tall pleated green leaves compose a fast multiplying, dense clump. Starting in late May (NC), the clumps are topped with 3' tall spikes of near white flowers, highlighted by a dark yellow lip, flecked in maroon heaviest toward the throat. For us, Bletilla 'Oriental Gold' flowers well into