Aspidistra oblanceifolia Nagoya Stars Ensete with 2" straw-yellow upfacing flowers

with 2" straw-yellow upfacing flowers

Our first plant came from Elizabeth Lawrence's old Raleigh garden after the home had been used as a fraternity house for 30 years

" After flowering

got carried away)

but has been winter hardy here since 2007

Aspidistra oblanceifolia Nagoya Stars Ensete with 2" straw-yellow upfacing flowersWhere has this incredible aspidistra been all my life? Actually, Aspidistra oblanceifolia is a recently (1982) named Chinese species (southern Guizhou, western Hubei, and Sichuan) of cast iron plant. Thanks to plantsman Ted Stephens for sharing this cast iron plant he picked up from a Japanese nursery. In five years, Aspidistra 'Nagoya Stars' makes a fantastic 30" tall x 6' wide clump of upright, outward arching, dark glossy green leaves that are