Rostrinucula dependens Israel In late winter and early

In late winter and early spring (February through April

Published as a new species in 1985

glossy green leaves form a fine-textured specimen that looks like something you'd see in the tropics

Our plant was shared by Alabama nurseryman

but here is one we feel is truly special

Rostrinucula dependens Israel In late winter and earlyOne of the truly great WHATZAT plants of the fall garden, that results in more questions than anything else is Rostrinucula dependens. Little known outside its native haunts in Shaanxi, China and south to Yunnan, this deciduous shrub to 4' tall is adorned with flaking brown bark and acts as a dieback perennial in the northern parts of its hardiness zone. It remains obscure until late summer and into early fall, when the long pendent, branched flower