Bletilla yokohama Sweet Lips Pinellia The inflorescence

The inflorescence

Gaillardia aestivalis is one of the best sun perennials introduced in quite a few decades

While Canna 'Musaefolia' rarely flowers

It remains obscure until late summer and into early fall

This Japanese selection of the evergreen tongue fern has been hardy for over 10 years in our garden

Bletilla yokohama Sweet Lips Pinellia The inflorescenceBletilla x yokohama, a seed hybrid group first produced by N. Suzuki in 1956, is a hybrid between the Chinese native, Bletilla striata, and the Taiwanese native, Bletilla formosana. We offered this hardy orchid in 2011 as a cultivar, but then discovered others had made named, unique selections of this same cross, so we gave our clonally propagated offering a new cultivar name. Bletilla x yokohama 'Sweet Lips' produces foliage similar to Bletilla