Amorphophallus konjac Fall Flowering Plants humid summers with lots of

humid summers with lots of rain

Asclepias tuberosa is a heat and drought tolerant US native

The sky blue flowers emerge atop the 3' tall x 6' wide clump when it breaks the ground in April and blooms into May

but is strangely absent from most American gardens

Amorphophallus konjac Fall Flowering Plants humid summers with lots of(aka: Amorphophallus, Hydrosme rivieri) This unusual, hardy, tuberous aroid has one giant divided leaf on top of a 4 5' tall, green and purple mottled, fleshy stalk (petiole). When old enough, the tuber produces a fascinating 5' flower (early May, before the leaf emerges) resembling a giant vase made from the purple vinyl used for cheap '70s car seats. The vase (spathe) is home to a 3' purple spadix that sits atop a 2' speckled petiole gather your