Rohdea japonica 'Claudia Phelps' prophouse-on-the-horizon and pair the shrub with

and pair the shrub with other broadleaf evergreens under high shade

where in a sheltered spot they take hard cold by dropping their leaves and returning from the root

the Moravian Jesuit whom Linnaeus commemorated

the trait growers call self-grooming

Rohdea japonica 'Claudia Phelps' prophouse-on-the-horizon and pair the shrub withRohdea japonica, the sacred lily or Nippon lily, is a bold, slow, tufted evergreen perennial grown above all for foliage, and this selection carries the darkest leaves of all, an almost black, glossy green that anchors a shaded planting through the whole year and lights up a winter landscape when little else holds. Rather sizeable red berries ripen in tight clusters, half hidden at the base of the leaves, a quiet second season for anyone who looks