Lachnocaulon anceps Johnston Gem Colocasia part of the Winter Ballet

part of the Winter Ballet series

exquisitely fragrant flowers

NC plantsman/naturalist Jesse Perry was botanizing near his Raleigh

starting in mid-September

Lachnocaulon anceps Johnston Gem Colocasia part of the Winter BalletOne of our favorite fairy garden plants has to be the Southeast US native bog buttons. Whitehead bog buttons can be found growing in low, moist ditches and pinelands from Virginia south to Texas. This 2026 Plant Delights JLBG introduction is from Johnston County, NC. In the garden, the tiny flattened tuft like clumps of evergreen lily looking foliage are topped, starting in mid May, with hundreds of 4 5" tall, narrow, antennae like spikes, each ending