Musella lasiocarpa Cuphea Each clump can produce dozens

Each clump can produce dozens of 6" flower stalks that are topped with 1" white daisies in early April (NC)

or allowing them to go dormant by drying them out and storing them in a cool but frost free location

We have found it very easy to cultivate in our part to full sun rock garden with agaves and cactus

with nice branching rhizomes and an extra wide

clothed to the top with long smooth green leaves

Musella lasiocarpa Cuphea Each clump can produce dozensThis magnificent ornamental banana is more of a shrub than the typical taller banana. The stiff, thick, leathery, grey green, banana like foliage is borne atop a stalk that can eventually reach 6' in height. Instead of being prized for its fruit, Musella lasiocarpa is grown more for its flowers. Each specimen is home to large, bizarrely beautiful, yellow flowers that look like giant golden artichokes we're not making this up! For us, Musella