Rostrinucula dependens Israel glossy green leaves form a

glossy green leaves form a fine-textured specimen that looks like something you'd see in the tropics

Our plant was shared by Alabama nurseryman

I couldn't believe that it was real

oblong petals surrounding a contrasting white eye etched in blue

deeply-veined leaves are green with a multi-toned gold center

Rostrinucula dependens Israel glossy green leaves form aOne of the truly great WHATZAT plants of the fall garden, that results in more questions than anything else is Rostrinucula dependens. Little known outside its native haunts in Shaanxi, China and south to Yunnan, this deciduous shrub to 4' tall is adorned with flaking brown bark and acts as a dieback perennial in the northern parts of its hardiness zone. It remains obscure until late summer and into early fall, when the long pendent, branched flower