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Aspidistra (Cast Iron Plant)
Aspidistra, or cast iron plant, has moved gracefully from the Victorian parlor to the modern home. It is a durable houseplant in a variety of beautiful forms.
The Japanese have been growing selections of Aspidistra for more than 300 years, but many of the old varieties have been lost, or have lost their correct names. We have been assembling a collection of classical Japanese varieties under their correct names, and very slowly have propagated enough to sell. Many of these have never before been offered for sale in the U.S. We are also offering species and selections from China and Southeast Asia.
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Aspidistra attenuataA species of cast iron plant native to Taiwan, in the mountains. The bright green leaves of this form are unmarked, 3-4' tall on established plants. The flowers bloom at ground level and are not showy. This collection is from Bleddyn and Sue Wynn-Jon...
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Aspidistra caespitosa 'Jade Ribbons'This is a tall species from China with long, very narrow dark shiny leaves. It is a different and attractive texture. Introduced from China by Dr. James Waddick. USDA Zones 7b-10.
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Aspidistra elatior 'Akebono'This is a vigorous, tall-growing old Japanese cultivar with large, broad leaves with a yellow center stripe. Young plants sometimes have additional stripes but will settle down with age to a single center stripe. The name means "daybreak" in Japanese...
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Aspidistra elatior 'Goldfeather'New and dramatic tall-growing variety with leaves to 30" or more, fairly upright with somewhat narrow leaves. Each leaf has bold yellow-green stripes all through the leaves. Leaves also have a central stripe of the same color. Vigorous. USDA Zones ...
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Aspidistra elatior 'Goldspike'This tall-growing variety has relatively narrow leaves of medium green, with random stripes of yellow and sometimes a yellow central stripe as well. Vigorous. USDA Zones 7b-10.
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Aspidistra elatior 'Hoshi Zora'I first encountered this old Japanese cultivar in Shinjuku Park in Tokyo, where it was growing in abundance. It is very large, to 3' or more, with broad leaves, sparingly but uniformly covered with tiny white spots. One of the heartiest selections a...
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Aspidistra elatior 'Mangetsu'This is an old and very rare traditional Japanese cultivar with tall, broad leaves. The deep green leaves are white-frosted with frosty white stripes. The white and green fade in and out in a uniquely beautiful way that is especially striking on new ...
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Aspidistra elatior 'Morning Frost'New tall-growing variety with yellow-green to cream frosting over most of the leaf; many leaves also have a yellow-green center stripe. The frosted variegation only shows on new growth and the variegation gets better when the plant is established and...
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Aspidistra elatior 'Omi' NEW!Old classical Japanese cultivar of cast iron plant now very rare, with large, broad leaves, spreading, with many types of irregular white variegation: striped, frosted, streaked and occasionally margined. The variegation is white, cream or pale yello...
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Aspidistra elatior 'Sekko Kan'We sold some of these as "frosted w/stripes"; now we know it is an old Japanese cultivar. It is tall and vigorous, and quite variable, with thin white and yellowish stripes and some frosting, especially near the apex of the leaf. Young plants don't s...
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Aspidistra elatior 'Stars and Stripes'A tall elatior selection with medium width leaves. The leaves show a combination of yellow-green stripes and cream spots. USDA Zones 7b-10.
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Aspidistra grandifloraThanks to Cedric Basset for identifying this plant for us. We were selling it as "Aspidistra sp. Vietnam" It is a big bold aspidistra from northern Vietnam, with medium green leaves covered with uniform light yellow spots. The 3.5" wide flowers bloom...
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Aspidistra leyeensis 'Giraffe'Our selection of a rare and distinctive Chinese species. Tall leaf stalks to 18" bear ovate 6" long blades. The background is green, decorated with prominent white dots. Slow to divide. USDA Zones 7b-10.
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Aspidistra linearifolia 'Leopard'New introduction from China by Dr. James Waddick. Very long narrow leaves, green with yellow spots. Vigorous. USDA Zones 7b-10.
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Aspidistra lurida 'Amanogawa'In the West, any aspidistra with spots is likely to be called 'Amanogawa' or 'Milky Way'. This is the rare and historically correct Japanese cultivar with both stripes and spots. The name means the Milky Way galaxy. USDA Zones 7-10.
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Aspidistra lurida 'Fuji-no-mine'Old Japanese cultivar of medium size, with very dark green, upright leaves showing some faint variegation and narrow white edging on the leaf tips. Name means "crags on Mt. Fuji". USDA Zones 7b-10.
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Aspidistra lurida 'Ginga'This old and widely grown cultivar has yellowish runny spots and upright to slightly arching leaves to about 2' tall. The name means "galaxy" in Japanese. This plant has long been sold in the US under the incorrect name 'Amanogawa', which is a differ...
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Aspidistra lurida 'Haku Sei Ryu'An old but rarely seen Japanese selection; its name means "white living dragon". It is a medium size plant to about a foot tall. The medium green leaves have some fuzzy white streaking and many white elongated dots and dashes on the leaves; the white...
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Aspidistra lurida 'Hoshifu' NEW!Similar to the common cultivar 'Ginga', but a little more than half the size, with a spreading, arching leaf habit. The variegation is much the same, with yellowish dots and dashes all over the leaves. It makes an especially dense carpet in the garde...
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Aspidistra lurida 'Ichi Mon Ji'This is a very old Japanese selection, now rarely encountered even in Japan. The glossy leaves are very long, upright, relatively narrow, with a yellow-green stripe bisecting the leaf blade. The name means 'the Chinese character "one"', which is a si...
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Aspidistra lurida 'Ippin'Very slow, very rare Japanese cultivar that is small to medium size, and wildly variable. The 8 to 10" long narrow leaves are green, some with white striping. The name means "select", and several interesting cultivars have been selected from this old...
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Aspidistra lurida 'Sei Ryu Ho'Rare medium size variety with upright green leaves with elongated yellowish spots and a brushing of white streaks at the top of the leaf. Name means "green dragon phoenix" in Japanese. Tony Avent believes this is not A. lurida, but rather the Chinee ...
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Aspidistra patentilobaThis Chinese species is not often seen in cultivation. It has broadly oval leaf blades about 5 or 6 inches long on tall leaf stalks with impressed parallel veins. The leaf blade is slightly glossy with a wavy leaf margin. There are a very few yellow ...
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Aspidistra sp. 'Garden Gallery' NEW!I found this aspidistra at the Garden Gallery in Bangkok. It is a SE Asian native but I don't know exactly where it came from. The leaves are glossy, upright, fairly narrow, medium green with runny cream spots. It has a dense tidy habit. USDA Zones 7...
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Aspidistra sp. 'Kunming Starlet'I found this in the old city plant market in Kunming, China (now bulldozed to make room for more concrete cubes covered with white bathroom tile). A farmer was selling a bundle of nearly dry, bare-root plants displayed on the hot sidewalk. I was so t...
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Aspidistra sp. 'Seurat' NEW!I found this new aspidistra in the market in Bangkok; it is probably a Thai native. The leaves are extremely thick and leathery, to about a foot long, produced sparingly on a wandering rhizome. The variegation is cream to white, very heavily spotted....
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Aspidistra sp. 'Singapore Sling'We first saw this beautiful plant in Singapore, then in Japan, and most recently in Thailand. We are not sure where in Southeast Asia this came from, but it is an especially beautiful form. The arching leaves grow to 2 feet long or a little more. The...
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Aspidistra sp. Vietnam (pleated leaves) NEW!This rare Aspidistra species was collected by Mr. Seiju Yamaguchi in northern Vietnam. It has long narrow, arching medium green leaves with raised veins that appear to be pleated. It has a big flower with distinctive markings in the center that look ...
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Aspidistra tonkinensis 'Clouded Leopard'From southern China and Vietnam comes this new selection, notable for its long (12") petiole and long (12") leaf blade. The leaf blade is arching, very dark green with lots of cloudy light green spots. The flowers are large and showy. USDA Zones 8-11...
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Aspidistra typica 'Stargazey'This creeping Chinese variety, with leaves held horizontally, has a very different look. The leaf blades are slightly undulate, about 4-6" long, and the glossy leaf surface is covered with faint yellow spots. USDA Zones 7b-10.
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Aspidistra typica 'Yunnan Sunbeam'A selection from China with shiny spreading leaves with a splash of yellow in center. It is a creeping form, much different from other aspidistras. USDA Zones 8-10.
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Orchidantha siamensis NEW!New tropical plant from Thailand that looks like Aspidistra in leaf, but with very strange orchid-like flowers, pale buff and white marked with purple. It is a member of the Lowiaceae, a little-known family of plants allied with the tropical gingers....
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Peliosanthes minorThis relative of the Rohdea and Aspidistra lives on the forest floor in deep shade. The stiff, corrugated foliage is glossy dark green to about 10" tall. There are short spikes of diminuitive dark purple flowers. For the indoor garden or outdoors in...
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Reineckia sp. 'Ryu O'This little evergreen herb looks like a tiny aspidistra, with a silvery stripe down the center of each leaf. It is grown in Japan as 'Ryu O' (dragon king) but apparently it is from Thailand, even though it is not strictly tropical. It is a charming p...
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