Diphylleia grayi Malaysia selected by the late NC

selected by the late NC Botanical Garden curator Rob Gardner from seedlings at the garden

together again

finally going dormant in late spring

even in the North

Diphylleia grayi Malaysia selected by the late NCDiphylleia grayi is a little known mayapple and fairy wing relative, native to moist wooded mountainsides in colder regions of China and Japan. Diphylleia grayi forms clumps of large, fuzzy, green, umbrella like, bold foliage topped by small clusters of white, mayapple like flowers in late spring. When it rains on the flowers they magically turn translucent then return to white as they dry. In late summer, the stalks of eye catching cobalt blue fruit