Rohdea, or Nippon lily, is an evergreen perennial with beautiful foliage and showy red fruit in winter.
The cultivars with variegated or differently shaped foliage, have been popular pot plants in Japan for hundreds of years. They are easy houseplants in cool rooms when grown in tight pots.
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Rohdea japonica 'Ao Koryu'Vigorous Japanese cultivar of Rohdea or Nippon lily, medium size to about 8-10" tall and wide. The green leaves develop "dragon ridges" along their centers for an interesting texture. Easy, vigorous cultivar suitable for garden use. Grow in pots with...
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Rohdea japonica 'Fuji-no-yuki'Medium sized variety to about 12" tall with leaves 3/4 to 1" wide, with cream to white edges. Some leaves have indistinct striping and various irregular elongated blotches, showy on the new leaves. The name means "snow on Mt. Fuji. USDA Zones 7a-9.
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Rohdea japonica 'Fukuju Kan'Medium sized variety with 10" leaves, strongly arching to the ground. The narrow green leaves are thick and leathery with several prominent dragon ridges on the upper side of each leaf. Fairly vigorous and very distinctive. USDA Zones 7a-9.
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Rohdea japonica 'Go Dai Takane'Large, beautiful, vigorous selection with upright leaves to about 18" tall. The leaves have a prominent white to creamy margin. This is a strong and vigorous grower that is spectacular in the shade garden or in a pot. It is relatively fast to divide....
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Rohdea japonica 'Gyoku Ho Nishiki'Very slow, very compact variety with deeply pleated leaves with scattered dragon ridges. The green leaves have irregular stripes of lighter green and cream, and are of many shapes and sizes with a few almost needle-like and others short and spoon-sha...
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Rohdea japonica 'Ichi Mon Ji'This medium sized variety grows to about 12" tall. The leaves are about an inch wide, mostly upright, with a yellow-green to creamy-white edge. Vigorous. The name means
the Chinese character for the number one, which is a single horizontal line. US...
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Rohdea japonica 'Kin Cho Ju'Medium size cultivar to about 12" tall with thick, leathery, narrow, folded leaves. New leaves are flushed with cream, sometimes with cloudy creamy banding or blotching. Moderately vigorous. Use a well-drained growing medium, and allow to dry before ...
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Rohdea japonica 'Kinshu-no-matsu' NEW!Medium size variety with spreading leaves to about 10" tall. The green leaves are decorated with very narrow yellow stripes. Rare. USDA Zones 7a-9. 3.5" pot.
Rohdea, or Nippon lily, is an evergreen perennial from Japan and China with beautiful fol...
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Rohdea japonica 'Kirishima'Large vigorous selection to about 18" tall. Broad leaves emerge flushed yellow, then with showy creamy yellow blotches that can cover almost the entire leaf. Leaves turn green overall as they age. Good garden plant. Use a very well-drained growing m...
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Rohdea japonica 'Miyako-no-hana'Rare and vigorous large-growing cultivar with an upright habit to about 15" tall. The green leaves have cream margins like the familiar 'Miyako-no-jo' plus random cloudy splashes of cream and creamy yellow. Strong grower and a very good garden plant....
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Rohdea japonica 'Mure Suzume'This is a small cultivar to about 8" tall, often less in a pot. The dense clumps of narrow leaves show various patterns of streaking and striping, always changing. Very vigorous; probably the fastest multiplier. It is an excellent woodland plant that...
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Rohdea japonica 'Sekkei Nishiki'This is a very distinctive medium sized plant, 10-12" tall and wide, with narrow, arching boat-shaped leaves, very thick and leathery with small dragon ridges and some tubercles. There is some yellow to cream in the center of the leaf and a very narr...
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Rohdea japonica 'Shima Jishi' NEW!Japanese cultivar of Rohdea or Nippon lily, compact, small-growing variety to about 6" tall, with curling green leaves with a cream edge. Some leaves will develop irregular cream striping. It is one of the "shishi" or lion types, with congested grow...
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Rohdea japonica 'Shima Koryu' NEW!This is one of the largest-growing cultivar of Rohdea I know, with an upright habit to at least 2' tall. The leaves are irregularly striped with yellow, and some leaves have a dragon ridge in the center or several shallow ridges. This vigorous variet...
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Rohdea japonica 'Shiro Botan'This smaller variety can make a medium sized plant in time (about 12"), with narrow leaves, upright to slightly arching. Leaves have a dark green background with streaks, a few stripes and many irregular elongated blotches. The variegation is light g...
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Rohdea japonica 'Tama Jishi'A compact, small-growing variety to about 6" tall, with curling green leaves with a bright cream edge. Some leaves will develop irregular cream striping. It is one of the "shishi" or lion types, with congested growth of curled leaves. It is slow-gro...
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Rohdea japonica 'Zansetsu'Large-growing type, dark green , with irregular showy white blotches running over the leaves.
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