Diphylleia grayi Malaysia 3' wide clump is topped

3' wide clump is topped in early summer with 2' spikes of medium lavender flowers

finally going dormant in late spring

The good color contrast holds all season

even in the North

selected by the late NC Botanical Garden curator Rob Gardner from seedlings at the garden

Diphylleia grayi Malaysia 3' wide clump is toppedDiphylleia grayi is a little known mayapple and fairy wing relative, native to moist wooded mountainsides in colder regions of China and Japan. Diphylleia grayi forms clumps of large, fuzzy, green, umbrella like, bold foliage topped by small clusters of white, mayapple like flowers in late spring. When it rains on the flowers they magically turn translucent then return to white as they dry. In late summer, the stalks of eye catching cobalt blue fruit