Syneilesis aconitifolia Ceratostigma Chinese leadwort thrives in an

Chinese leadwort thrives in an array of well drained soils in full to part sun

A favorite of the late garden writer Elizabeth Lawrence

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Extensive long-term trials in cold climates have found this to be one of the most cold hardy of all aucubas

Syneilesis aconitifolia Ceratostigma Chinese leadwort thrives in an(aka: Senecio aconitifolius) I flipped (not literally) back in the 1980s when I first saw Syneilesis aconitifolia at the US National Arboretum, only later to rediscover it in the wilds of Korea. Syneilesis aconitifolia is a woodland Asteraceae (ligularia relative), native to dry hillsides in China, Japan, and Korea. As shredded umbrella plants emerge in early spring, the white wooly leaves push through the ground like mayapples or more appropriately,