Tricyrtis Fluffy Orchid Tanacetum bright cherry-rose flowers with pure

bright cherry-rose flowers with pure white spurs

deciduous perennial (we made up the common name) that hails from Japan and South Korea

We purchased this splendid form of the Japanese Polygonatum odoratum in 2003 from the former Heronswood Nursery

In cultivation

Eupatorium dubium is similar to Eupatorium purpureum

Tricyrtis Fluffy Orchid Tanacetum bright cherry-rose flowers with pureWe first saw Tricyrtis 'Fluffy Orchid' at the JC Raulston Arboretum, where it blew us away. This amazing selection is most likely a tetraploid, judging by the massive, 7" long x 3" wide, thickened foliage. Most likely, this is a hybrid between Tricyrtis hirta and Tricyrtis formosana. The 3' tall, upright stalks, as well as the upper leaf axils, are topped, starting for us in mid October, with clusters of heavily purple spotted flowers. It originated