Aspidistra elatior Sekko Kan Rehmannia The 4-6" long flower panicles

The 4-6" long flower panicles of Buddleia 'Honeycomb' are a nice golden yellow and top the deer-resistant clump from mid-June until frost

While Cestrum parqui is a prolific seed producer

Firecracker vine emerges in very late spring and is an elegant twining vine with tiny leaves climbing skyward on anyone or anything nearby

and can't imagine why any shade gardener wouldn't plant these en masse

Aspidistra elatior Sekko Kan Rehmannia The 4-6" long flower paniclesThis stunning (a word not usually used with cast iron plants) Japanese selection of the common Aspidistra elatior, forms a clump of 30" tall x 5" wide dark green leaves, highlighted on the upper half with heavily frosted white streaks. The Japanese name, 'Sekko Kan', no relation to "Wrath of Khan", means "white snowy crown." Imagine crossing Aspidistra 'Okame' with Aspidistra 'Asahi' and you get the picture. We find clumps need to be at least three