Rohdea japonica 'Claudia Phelps' prophouse-on-the-horizon and pair the shrub with

and pair the shrub with other broadleaf evergreens under high shade

The plain green species is the quiet backbone behind the many variegated selections

the Moravian Jesuit whom Linnaeus commemorated

Sometimes classified as a Maclura and related to the native Osage orange

the trait growers call self-grooming

Rohdea japonica 'Claudia Phelps' prophouse-on-the-horizon and pair the shrub withRohdea japonica, the sacred lily or Nippon lily, is a bold, slow, tufted evergreen perennial grown above all for foliage, and this selection carries the darkest leaves of all, an almost black, glossy green that anchors a shaded planting through the whole year and lights up a winter landscape when little else holds. Rather sizeable red berries ripen in tight clusters, half hidden at the base of the leaves, a quiet second season for anyone who looks