From the huge to miniature
the clumps are topped with fantastic
adorned with fleshy-colored flowers that tuck beneath the foliage in late winter
Old flower stalks are best removed for appearance sake
Each 18" tall x 18" wide robust clump is topped at maturity with a phallic bud that enlarges into a 5" diameter
Speirantha gardenii RHS Award of Merit Winners From the huge to miniature(aka: Speirantha convallarioides) Speirantha gardenii is a monotypic (all alone in its genus), closely related to the better known genera of rohdea, reineckia, and convallaria. In the wild Speirantha grows on hilly broadleaf forests up to 3,000' elevation in the Chinese provinces of Anhui, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang. In the garden, our 10 year old clump has reached 3' in diameter. The evergreen 10" leaves radiate from a thick, slowly spreading