Calanthe Kojima Yellow Alcea whose foliage remains evergreen from

whose foliage remains evergreen from Zone 6 southward

lavender double flowers

the small clumps are topped with 10" spikes of lavender flowers

Muhlenbergia sericea is another US native (NC to Texas)

but the new growth becomes cream-centered again when the nights begin to cool

Calanthe Kojima Yellow Alcea whose foliage remains evergreen fromThe pleated, green, basal leaves, evergreen down to single digits F, serve as a nice background for the 10" stalks of bright yellow flowers that start in mid April (NC). The small flowers range from pale to medium yellow with contrasting lips ranging from bronze to purple really charming. This represents a new series of orchid hybrids, Calanthe discolor, Calanthe sieboldii, Calanthe aristulifera, and Calanthe tricarinata, from the work of Japan's Mr.