Diphylleia grayi Malaysia finally going dormant in late

finally going dormant in late spring

via a US National Arboretum expedition (USNA 45507-D)

iridiflora

most are perennial

The good color contrast holds all season

Diphylleia grayi Malaysia finally going dormant in lateDiphylleia grayi is a little known mayapple and fairy wing relative, native to moist wooded mountainsides in colder regions of China and Japan. Diphylleia grayi forms clumps of large, fuzzy, green, umbrella like, bold foliage topped by small clusters of white, mayapple like flowers in late spring. When it rains on the flowers they magically turn translucent then return to white as they dry. In late summer, the stalks of eye catching cobalt blue fruit