Polygonatum falcatum Wedding Bells North Africa In the late summer garden

In the late summer garden

Colocasia esculenta 'Elepaio' is a true curiosity and what we call a "fun" plant for the garden

moist soil is best since the plants will go dormant early during an extended drought

with 2" straw-yellow upfacing flowers

although Trillium maculatum is quite drought-tolerant when dormant

Polygonatum falcatum Wedding Bells North Africa In the late summer gardenPolygonatum 'Wedding Bell's is our 2011 introduction of a stunning selection of the Asian Polygonatum falcatum from Korea's famed Cheju Island, where we spotted it growing underneath a giant Torreya nucifera at 560' elevation. The stunning 2' long arched stems are laden in late April early May with a "clothesline full of socks imagery" of dangling white bells, each tipped in green sort of a galanthus moment for those who indulge. Polygonatum 'Wedding