Ruscus aculeatus Christmas Berry PP 16680 Calydorea followed by an attractive stalk

followed by an attractive stalk of red berries

evergreen clumper has glossy green leaves that are splashed with giant blotches of creamy white

It needs virtually no maintenance if planted with the proper initial spacing

Rehmannia elata) Garden visitors quickly fall in love with this easy-to-grow groundcover member of the normally parasitic Orobanchaceae family

beginning in mid-June

Ruscus aculeatus Christmas Berry PP 16680 Calydorea followed by an attractive stalkThis unique dwarf selection of the easy to grow evergreen butcher's broom is similar to a clone the late Elizabeth Lawrence grew in her garden. However, this form originated as a seedling selection by Gys Petrus de Jong of Dublin, Ireland, although Gys got some really bad advice about the economic return from patenting a ruscus. The spiny, dark green cladodes (fake leaves) are compacted nearly on top of each other along the dark green stems.