Helicodiceros muscivorus Manettia Lycoris 'Peppermint' produces 20" tall

Lycoris 'Peppermint' produces 20" tall stalks

In the early 1840s at Australia's Camden Park

topped with the typical green foliage that causes the plant to resemble a miniature palm tree

so it's worth trying in colder regions

Lobelia 'Monet Moment' boasts large terminal heads of exquisite rich-pink flowers (RHS 59C)

Helicodiceros muscivorus Manettia Lycoris 'Peppermint' produces 20" tallYou can bet this common name wasn't coined by a Wall Street marketing firm. Helicodiceros, an easy to grow first cousin to the famed aroid Dracunculus vulgaris, grows on rocky coastal cliffs on the Mediterranean Islands of Corsica, Sardinia, and the Balearics. The offsetting tubers give rise to the 1' tall, duck foot shaped, green, three dimensional foliage which emerges in very early spring. Later in spring, the spectacular tan and purple speckled