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  • Drimiopsis
    • maculata   CAG02428

      (African hosta, Leopard plant)
      Height20cmWidth30cmFlowering SeasonSp - SuWaterM - LLightShade
      Drimiopsis maculata
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A most resilient and dependable pot plant able to thrive for a lifetime on little more than neglect. From forests in south eastern Africa it is ideally at home with a dryer winter rest and moist humid shade during its summer growing season where its glossily handsome, dark spotted, broadly lance shaped leaves will be at their most luxuriant and against which the conical flower spikes in white and green make a reserved display. The green bulbs which crowd the soil surface, fascinating during winter in cooler areas where it is deciduous, store food and water to help it through lean times and it is often encountered unattractively tucked away in the back of collections while attention is lavished on more challenging and oft less attractive subjects.

      Good drainage is preferred and while I think it easier to make happy in a pot it can be a lovely groundcover in miserable shade, with or without root competition, where the frequency of summer irrigation will dictate its luxuriance.

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