Rohdea japonica 'Claudia Phelps' prophouse-on-the-horizon the Moravian Jesuit whom Linnaeus

the Moravian Jesuit whom Linnaeus commemorated

chitalpa sets little or no seed

The species name means different leaves

carried into English through the French asiminier

and fewer still carry so rare a story

Rohdea japonica 'Claudia Phelps' prophouse-on-the-horizon the Moravian Jesuit whom LinnaeusRohdea japonica, the sacred lily or Nippon lily, is a bold, slow, tufted evergreen perennial grown above all for foliage, and this selection carries the darkest leaves of all, an almost black, glossy green that anchors a shaded planting through the whole year and lights up a winter landscape when little else holds. Rather sizeable red berries ripen in tight clusters, half hidden at the base of the leaves, a quiet second season for anyone who looks