Hardy Chinese Ground Orchid featured-search semi-cactus flowers with frilly

semi-cactus flowers with frilly

individual florets are densely packed on each stem

unfurling with a bronze blush before turning pale green as the days lengthen

There's nothing else like it

The red-brown darkens toward the bottom of the lower petals to form a ½" band along the edge

Hardy Chinese Ground Orchid featured-search semi-cactus flowers with frillyCold hardy and wonderfully easy to grow, this ground orchid offers fragrant violet pink blooms held in tidy racemes that open in sequence for weeks. Each flower is about 2" across with five delicately flared petals, rising cleanly above pleated, sword shaped foliage that brings structure from spring to frost. Winner of the RHS Award of Garden Merit, its a striking choice for rockeries, shady slopes or containers and brings an unexpectedly resilient