Conradina etonia NOT OUTSIDE NC Clinopodium the offsetting compact clumps of

the offsetting compact clumps of 3' long dark green leaves serve as a backdrop to the numerous 30" tall flower spike

Although not as winter hardy as its cousin Bletilla striata

" Hosta 'Mishima Fukurin' resembles a dwarf Hosta 'Regal Splendor'

as Ed used to say

The clumps are topped with 2' tall burgundy scapes holding purple flowers in midsummer

Conradina etonia NOT OUTSIDE NC Clinopodium the offsetting compact clumps ofThe Federally endangered Conradina etonia was discovered by our friend, Bob McCartney of Woodlanders in Putnam County, Florida, in 1990 and subsequently introduced by Woodlanders Nursery. Less than 2000 plants exist at the nineteen sites in the Florida panhandle (around the Etoniah Creek State Forest) where it can be found growing in deep white sandy soils. In our garden, Conradina etonia has proven very easy to grow in well drained garden soils,