Hosta Dawns Early Light Abutilon making a dramatic winter feature

making a dramatic winter feature in the shade garden

In the wilds of Taiwan

Rain lilies are also very easy to grow from seed

with the leaf tips on the old foliage becoming pendent

but quickly resprouts and will reach 8-10' tall by the end of the season

Hosta Dawns Early Light Abutilon making a dramatic winter featureThis new introduction from Olga Petryszyn makes a fast growing, 3' wide mound of corrugated foliage, brilliant gold in spring, changing to a chartreuse color by summer. Essentially, this is a "Golden Tokudama" that grows quickly and does not scorch. In early summer, the clumps are topped with 30" scapes of light lavender flowers.