Looking wonderful in the garden in mid-February is Aspidistra retusa ‘Nanjing Green’. This little-known cast iron plant species was shared with us in 2000, by the late plantsman, Greg Speichert. The specific epithet “retusa” is a Latin word meaning blunt (adj.), and not blunt (noun), despite it also being pretty smoking hot. We like the horizontal foliage, which allows it to serve the function of a ground cover without the need to spread. In the 20 years that we’ve had it in the ground, it’s survived three winters with lows in the single digits, with an absolute low of 7 degrees F.
Suggestions on where to buy this? Thx
Well, we offered it last year, but sales were miserable, so we have to give it a break in favor of plants that sell better. If we get enough requests, but would love to put it back in production, since it’s a fabulous plant.
I would like 10 of these plants