Aspidistra oblanceifolia Nagoya Stars Eastern Asia 744 expired) Aucuba japonica 'Natsu-no-Kumo'

744 expired) Aucuba japonica 'Natsu-no-Kumo' was discovered in Japan by Seiju Yamaguchi

Ranga Agriculture University as a food crop where it is known by the moniker Elephant foot yam

a complex cross involving Hosta 'Elvis Lives'

Just like those Christmas visions of sugar plums dancing

with 18" long flower spikes

Aspidistra oblanceifolia Nagoya Stars Eastern Asia 744 expired) Aucuba japonica 'Natsu-no-Kumo'Where has this incredible aspidistra been all my life? Actually, Aspidistra oblanceifolia is a recently (1982) named Chinese species (southern Guizhou, western Hubei, and Sichuan) of cast iron plant. Thanks to plantsman Ted Stephens for sharing this cast iron plant he picked up from a Japanese nursery. In five years, Aspidistra 'Nagoya Stars' makes a fantastic 30" tall x 6' wide clump of upright, outward arching, dark glossy green leaves that are