Tricyrtis Shizuka Gozen Bambusa 'Okina's white new foliage is

'Okina's white new foliage is quite dramatic in the shade garden

delightfully sweet fragrance

blue-green borders enclose the bright golden centers

but for us it's grown fine in all but the driest sites

Cypripedium 'Dietrich' typically flowers in late May or early June

Tricyrtis Shizuka Gozen Bambusa 'Okina's white new foliage isTricyrtis 'Shizuka Gozen' is a Japanese toad lily hybrid that appears to be a cross of Tricyrtis formosana and Tricyrtis lasiocarpa. Tricyrtis 'Shizuka Gozen' produces a mass of 3. 5' tall stems, clothed in 6" long glossy green leaves, and topped in October with terminal clusters of lovely v shaped flowers that are white at the base and cobalt blue at the tips all flecked with small burgundy spots quite lovely.