Bletilla striata Tri Lips Texas native plants we think you will enjoy

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This 2003 Paul Keisling hybrid (C

This Don Jacobs selection of the easy-to-grow evergreen groundcover Iris japonica was made for its increased hardiness and floriferous nature

the clumps are topped with 2' tall scapes (occasionally branched) of very fragrant

A1VT-056B) These plants are grown from seed we collected in 2005 in the Lai Chau region of North Vietnam

Bletilla striata Tri Lips Texas native plants we think you will enjoyThis bizarre selection of the Japanese ground orchid, Bletilla striata, makes a nice deciduous clump of pleated green leaves, topped in late April (NC) with narrow flower stalks. Each 2' stalk is adorned with dark purple flowers that each have three lips instead of the normal one sort of like you would look after a boxing match with Mike Tyson. Bletilla striata 'Tri Lips' is truly one of the strangest mutations I've ever seen on a hardy perennial.