HELONIOPSIS

DESCRIPTION: This perennial grows wild in the mountain woodlands, scrub and meadows of Japan, Korea, and Sakhalin Island. This plant forms rosettes of medium green, lance-shaped leaves. In late spring or early summer, small, dainty flowers with thin, rose-pink petals are produced in pendant clusters atop stout stems.

POTTING: Grow this plant in moist, but well-drained, humus rich soil, in a cool and shady location.

PROPAGATION: Seeds may be sown in the spring or fall, or the plants may be divided in the fall.

VARIETIES: H.orientalis.

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