Hemiboea strigosa Plants Retiring This Year back in 1999

back in 1999

but the only one that has up-facing open flowers (like Tricyrtis flava) instead of the bell-like flowers of Tricyrtis ishiana and Tricyrtis macrantha

and has multiplied very well compared to many of the more commonly grown pedicellate trilliums

they also have a nice red central stipe

which are dark green

Hemiboea strigosa Plants Retiring This Year back in 1999Hemiboea strigosa is another little known member of the gesneriad family that makes a superb woodland perennial. Native to low mountain forests in China's Guangdong, Hunan, and Jiangxi Provinces, Hemiboea strigosa grows among the rocks. The fleshy stalks grow upright to 1' tall, while the plant spreads slowly via stolons to form a 3' wide patch in 3 years. Starting for us in early October, the stalk tips are adorned with 3 6 pendent pink tubular