Drimiopsis maculata Slow Fade Laos Native to swamps and streambanks

Native to swamps and streambanks from SC west to Texas

so it performs best in moist or regular acidic garden soil

The fertile fronds of Osmunda cinnamomea arise in spring just above the sterile foliage as phallic

only for the serious collector

Drimiopsis maculata Slow Fade Laos Native to swamps and streambanks(aka: Ledebouria petiolata) This delightful clone of African false hosta is from our 2002 expedition to Thailand, when Wade Roitsch of Yucca Do Nursery picked this up at the Chatuchak plant market. Wade noticed that the leaves were larger than the commonly grown form and the foliar patterning held up better in the summer heat. For us, Drimiopsis maculata 'Slow Fade' makes a winter deciduous basal rosette of fleshy green foliage, highlighted with dark