Panax japonicus Patrinia Cordate spikenard is one of

Cordate spikenard is one of a small number of bold-textured

that's bovine excrement to you city folks

the stunning clumps are topped with 30" rodgersia-like racemes of tiny greenish-yellow flowers

a long thread-like tail on the end of the spathe (hood) accents the purple and white pitcher

creamy-yellow flowers on 18" pencil-sized stalks in early spring

Panax japonicus Patrinia Cordate spikenard is one ofJapanese ginseng is a rare woodland counterpart of our more familiar American species, Panax ginseng. The 2' tall stalks emerge in spring from knobby white rhizomes and expand, looking like a miniature schefflera. Held above the palmate leaves are stalks of non descript white flowers which, if fertilized, develop into magnificent fruit heads, turning from green to red and then black all without affirmative action! So, how many polygamodioecious plants