Ruscus microglossum Eco Gardens Aristolochia Well drained soils

Well drained soils

and is known in Japan as Udo

normally known best as a houseplant

stylosa) The little known

The clumps are topped with 2' tall burgundy scapes holding purple flowers in midsummer

Ruscus microglossum Eco Gardens Aristolochia Well drained soilsRuscus x microglossum is a naturally occurring interspecific hybrid between the Southern European native Ruscus hypoglossum and the Spanish North African native Ruscus hypophyllum. The result is an attractive evergreen groundcover for woodland gardens. The 1' tall stalks, clothed in thumb sized, soft green cladodes (fake leaves), produce flowers from the center of each leaf, in late winter early spring. This grows painfully slow, producing a 2' wide