Cypripedium Gisela Taxus Hibiscus grandiflorus is an awesome

Hibiscus grandiflorus is an awesome North American native hibiscus with felty grey leaves (right off an Elvis picture) on 8' stalks

newly-emerging

The flower gives off a delightful lemony scent

each surrounded by a wide dark green contrasting border

unless you're stuck in Afghanistan

Cypripedium Gisela Taxus Hibiscus grandiflorus is an awesomeCypripedium 'Gisela' is a 1992 Werner Frosch hybrid of the Chinese Cypripedium macranthos and the North American Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum. The robust Cypripedium 'Gisela' makes a patch of 15" tall stems, each topped in mid May with a creamy yellow pouch with burgundy streaks, backed by three large sepals of dark burgundy with a flush of yellow. These are all seed propagated, flowering sized plants. Planting your Cypripedium orchid.