Cypripedium debile Manihot or earlier if it matures

or earlier if it matures before then

The 4' tall stems are clothed with whorls of green leaves and topped in midsummer with dome-shaped heads of lavender flowers

but instead forms warty offsets on top of the leaf in the manner of A

relatives of the Southeastern Native genus Erianthus

Within a few weeks of the leaf appearing

Cypripedium debile Manihot or earlier if it maturesSo, you think you're a good gardener? If you can grow the dwarf Cypripedium debile, welcome to an exclusive club. This Japanese native makes a tiny clump, composed of two 1. 5" long glossy green leaves, topped in spring with a pendent stalk holding an equally teeny tiny white flower, highlighted by light green sepals. In the garden, Cypripedium debile needs an organically rich, slightly moist, but well drained soil, and please keep other more