Alocasia macrorrhizos Shock Treatment Orostachys Bees are the top pollinators

Bees are the top pollinators for all hostas

Because the spore does not ripen until January

Hemerocallis 'Secured Borders' is topped with short stalks of yellow flowers in early summer

Sarracenia oreophila occurs in sandy clay soils in mountain woodlands instead of coastal savannahs

Astilbe chinensis 'Amber Moon' makes a 30" tall x 18" wide clump of golden foliage which emerges brightest in spring when each leaf also sports a narrow red edge

Alocasia macrorrhizos Shock Treatment Orostachys Bees are the top pollinatorsAlocasia 'Shock Treatment' is a 2008 Plant Delights JLBG introduction that truly had a series of twist and turns in its road to market. In 2005, we were botanizing north of Hanoi and after finding our road washed out, we retreated through a series of uninteresting back roads until sighting this bizarre form of the common Alocasia macrorrhizos in the front yard of a small home. The owner gladly shared a piece that we subsequently named Alocasia 'Shock