Late-Blooming Plantain Lily

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Japan, But Known Only in Cultivation.

Location

Groundcover Collection

Source of plant

Klehm's Song Sparrow Perennial Farm

Description

A diminutive species with narrow, shining dark green leaves of thick texture and short spires of suprisingly large deep mauve, lily-like bells borne on maroon stems in autumn. Plants 9-12" tall, 9" wide.

USDA Hardiness Zone

3

Special characteristics

flowering season