Arisaema iyoanum var nakaianum Cardiocrinum Hymenocallis traubii has been a

Hymenocallis traubii has been a star in our spring garden

dwarf clump

as though a low-bid painter just finished the ceiling above

although it can be divided after growing well for 3-5 years

where it only reaches 4' tall

Arisaema iyoanum var nakaianum Cardiocrinum Hymenocallis traubii has been aArisaema iyoanum var. nakaianum is one of the rarest and most dramatic of the Japanese native cobra lilies found only along riverbanks in Japan's Shikoku Province. The 3' tall single black blotched stalk is topped with a single horseshoe shaped green leaf with 9 11 leaflets. The jack in the pulpit like spathe is dark black with pink to green vertical striping. Inside the flower (spathe) sits a club like green spadix with black freckles each seedling