Amorphophallus konjac Fall Flowering Plants humid summers with lots of

humid summers with lots of rain

but is strangely absent from most American gardens

Asclepias tuberosa is a heat and drought tolerant US native

which means it grows during a reverse season to most perennials from the Northern Hemisphere

the clump is topped by spikes of bright orange-red flowers (RHS 43A)

Amorphophallus konjac Fall Flowering Plants humid summers with lots of(aka: Amorphophallus, Hydrosme rivieri) This unusual, hardy, tuberous aroid has one giant divided leaf on top of a 4 5' tall, green and purple mottled, fleshy stalk (petiole). When old enough, the tuber produces a fascinating 5' flower (early May, before the leaf emerges) resembling a giant vase made from the purple vinyl used for cheap '70s car seats. The vase (spathe) is home to a 3' purple spadix that sits atop a 2' speckled petiole gather your