A neat little low-growing bulbous plant from South Africa. Thick, wavy-margined 2x3" olive green leaves have very distinct, almost black leopard spots in profusion. White flowers are borne in tight spikes reaching 12". Usually grown as a house plant in the north, but it seems fairly cold hardy here with a mulch, and one grower lists it as zone 7b. It has been called "African Hosta", but this seems a bit of a stretch. Leaf shape is similar, but much smaller, and Drimiopsis has an above-ground pseudobulb. It seems more similar to a squill (Scilla or Ledebouria). A prospect for that most difficult of growing situations, dry shade.

Drimiopsis maculata 4" pot $4.00
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