Polygonatum prattii Arisaema Salvia 'Indigo Spires' is a

Salvia 'Indigo Spires' is a 1979 introduction from California's Huntington Botanical Garden

The upright stems are clothed in long

Related to the more tropical and edible Manihot esculenta

a well-prepared soil and an open woodland site have worked very well for us

this is one of the only variegated leaf native carex

Polygonatum prattii Arisaema Salvia 'Indigo Spires' is aI first encountered this charming dwarf Solomon's seal in 1996 near Zhongdian, China at the sub alpine elevation of 12,500'. Polygonatum prattii is a miniature Solomon's seal that forms a small clump of 6 8" tall stems adorned with tiny leaves and, in early spring, with equally tiny dark purple flowers. Polygonatum prattii is a must for detail oriented rock gardeners with a taste for esoteric and cute, but is essentially worthless for big picture