Cypripedium Ulla Silkens Tony's Favorites don't expect seedlings to pop

don't expect seedlings to pop up in your garden

nestled inside an unzipped pink spathe with brown spots

a wonderful fragrance

creamy-white bells

Agave 'Joe Hoak' makes a stunning specimen plant with wide

Cypripedium Ulla Silkens Tony's Favorites don't expect seedlings to popCypripedium 'Ulla Silkens' is a stunning 1996 hybrid from Svante Malmgren. This vigorous hybrid strain is a cross of the American Cypripedium reginae x the rare Chinese Cypripedium flavum. Cypripedium 'Ulla Silkens' is much easier to grow than its parents and will take a good bit of sun in cooler climates, but still prefers moist alkaline soils. The 2' tall flowering stalks that appear in mid to late June are topped with huge slippers of burgundy and