Calanthe Kojima Violet Europe but there are a few

but there are a few populations where the foliage tends toward blue

just avoid soggy sites

The clusters of small brown flowers perch attractively at the base of the green heart-shaped foliage

which for us took about 5 years

topped with tremendous numbers of flowers from late spring until frost

Calanthe Kojima Violet Europe but there are a fewCalanthe 'Kojima Violet' is a lovely seed strain of the hybrids of Calanthe aristulifera, C. discolor, C. sieboldii, and C. tricarinata. The semi evergreen large flat ground hugging foliage gives rise in early to mid April (NC) to 10" tall stalks, adorned with creamy white and lavender to violet flowers. Average to slightly moist woodland soils are best.