Aspidistra elatior Lennons Song Sauromatum one of my all-time favorites

one of my all-time favorites

but this selection makes a stoloniferous spreading groundcover reminiscent of the European Asarum europaeum

Clarence Owens of Michigan

typical of Iris virginica

flowering stems

Aspidistra elatior Lennons Song Sauromatum one of my all-time favoritesThis 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"