Specialocasia vietnamensis Phat Chance Paraguay 5' wide butterfly magnet is

5' wide butterfly magnet is laden all summer with a plethora of 10" long branched panicles of soft pink flowers

so locate it so that it stays very dry during the winter months

Spigelia marilandica is an extremely low maintenance plant

I fell in love with this 2' tall dwarf while on a trip to Florida

The 18" tall x 3' wide clumps thrive in both half-day sun or light shade

Specialocasia vietnamensis Phat Chance Paraguay 5' wide butterfly magnet isHere's another plant you've never heard of before! In 2005, we were driving through the restricted military region of North Vietnam, along the Southern China border, when we spotted what appeared to be an elephant ear hybrid growing in a wild patch of Leucocasia (Colocasia) gigantea. It would take us years to get a confirmation from Aroid expert Peter Boyce that, indeed, we had discovered the first ever documented hybrid between elephant ear genera