Aspidistra elatior Lennons Song Dasylirion I next saw the stable

I next saw the stable form four years later in Roy Herold's Massachusetts garden

expect a 6-8' wide patch in 20 years

This slow but easy-to-grow hosta is topped with nice stalks of white flowers that attract hummingbirds in early summer

each with yellow specks deep in the throat

horticulturally speaking

Aspidistra elatior Lennons Song Dasylirion I next saw the stableThis superb cast iron plant cultivar was shared with us by Robin Lennon of Florida's Central Florida Foliage, who discovered it in his cut foliage fields. The dark evergreen foliage is narrow with an irregular central variegated band of muted yellow essentially a narrow leaf version of Aspidistra 'Akebono'. Aspidistra elatior 'Lennon's Song' is perfect where a narrow and vertical accent is needed in the shade garden or where you may want to "remember"