Amorphophallus serrulatus Spotted Leaf Form Romneya organic garden soils

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and topped with upright panicles of large yellow flowers with downward pointing spurs

xAmarcrinum 'Hannibal's Pink' forms an insanely dense 3' tall x 6' wide clump of glossy green leaves and starts blooming for us in mid-July with 2' tall stalks topped with clusters of 10-12 medium pink flowers

The lavender flowers top the 18" wide clump in late summer and often into fall

Aucuba 'Bored Female' makes an elegant 4' tall x 4' wide specimen

Amorphophallus serrulatus Spotted Leaf Form Romneya organic garden soilsThis Alan Galloway discovery from Central Thailand looks quite a bit like the diminutive A. obscurus in foliage, except for the heavily serrated leaf edges. These represent forms with tiny, yellow leaf spotting as compared to the other solid green leaf forms. The short inflorescence, which occurs after the leaf fades in fall (unlike the spring flowering A. obscurus), is composed of a greyish purple spathe, speckled inside and topped with a rigid pink