Rohdea japonica Mure Suzume Plants Retiring This Year The massive 1'+ long flower

The massive 1'+ long flower heads of brilliant scarlet orange with red throats top the 5-6' tall clump in midsummer and again in early fall

The 18" long

The deer-resistant foliage is also covered in hundreds of curly white hairs

since there few other plants with this form and texture

Rohdea japonica Mure Suzume Plants Retiring This Year The massive 1'+ long flowerLike a miniature evergreen hosta, this dwarf but vigorously growing rohdea makes small rosettes, to 6" wide x 4" tall, of narrow green leaves with white streaking that intensifies toward the edges of the leaf. Established clumps of R. 'Mure Suzume', which translates to "flock of sparrows", will produce short stalks of bright red berries in late fall a limited collector's edition (not associated with the Franklin Mint) plant for a special site in the