Cypripedium Axel Orange/Peach Flowering Plants I fell in lust when

I fell in lust when I first saw Hosta 'Etched Glass'

We immediately switched its name to Aucuba japonica 'Bored Female'

giving the plant even more vigor than its parent

When the clumps mature

and they are now producing seed

Cypripedium Axel Orange/Peach Flowering Plants I fell in lust whenCypripedium 'Axel' is a 1998 hybrid, first created by Sweedish orchid breeder, Svante Malmgren, who crossed Cypripedium parviflorum and Cypripedium tibeticum. The showy hybrid produces large pouches atop 18" tall stalks. Each flower is composed of three violet twisted sepals, and a pouch which is white, flushed nicely with burgundy. Maintenance: Lady slipper orchids are maintenance free in the garden once they are established in the correct growing