Syneilesis aconitifolia Acorus evergreen leaves can reach 8-10"

evergreen leaves can reach 8-10" long

A regular renaissance plant

This Hosta 'Blue Umbrellas' x H

purple-black

The blue-green

Syneilesis aconitifolia Acorus evergreen leaves can reach 8-10"(aka: Senecio aconitifolius) I flipped (not literally) back in the 1980s when I first saw Syneilesis aconitifolia at the US National Arboretum, only later to rediscover it in the wilds of Korea. Syneilesis aconitifolia is a woodland Asteraceae (ligularia relative), native to dry hillsides in China, Japan, and Korea. As shredded umbrella plants emerge in early spring, the white wooly leaves push through the ground like mayapples or more appropriately,