Mukdenia rossii Karasuba Variegated Foliage Plants When I first saw Iris

When I first saw Iris laevigata 'Variegata' many years ago in the famed garden of Pennsylvania's Charles Cresson

The upright branches of Salvia chamaedryoides are topped with true sky-blue flowers (really

This blue-eyed grass prefers bright sun and well drained soils

This 1994 Plant Delights/JLBG introduction was derived as a seedling from H

From mid-July through August

Mukdenia rossii Karasuba Variegated Foliage Plants When I first saw Iris(aka: Aceriphyllum rossii) With a name like Mukdenia, it's gotta' be good and it is. I first ran across mukdenia in 1997 while botanizing Korea's Mt. Sorak. There it was on a sheer rock cliff, resembling dozens of hands trying to claw their way up from the crypt sorry, far too many horror movies as a child. In the garden, mukdenia prefers moist, rich soil, where it forms a 2' wide deciduous clump of green foliage, topped in April and May (NC) with 2'