Musella lasiocarpa Green Roofs plant Rohdea japonica 'Talbot Manor'

plant Rohdea japonica 'Talbot Manor' nearby and tell your spouse you painted the house to match

saucer-like leaves held atop 18" stems

Moist soil

very unique (don't fuss

a 2012 Plant Delights/JLBG introduction is a splendid dwarf form of our native Cheilanthes lanosa that popped up here as a sporeling

Musella lasiocarpa Green Roofs plant Rohdea japonica 'Talbot Manor'This magnificent ornamental banana is more of a shrub than the typical taller banana. The stiff, thick, leathery, grey green, banana like foliage is borne atop a stalk that can eventually reach 6' in height. Instead of being prized for its fruit, Musella lasiocarpa is grown more for its flowers. Each specimen is home to large, bizarrely beautiful, yellow flowers that look like giant golden artichokes we're not making this up! For us, Musella