Aspidistra oblanceifolia Nagoya Stars Eastern Asia Just like those Christmas visions

Just like those Christmas visions of sugar plums dancing

The lacecap flowers are blue in acidic soil and pink in alkaline areas

with 18" long flower spikes

The 1' tall stalks are speckled reddish brown

The creamy white

Aspidistra oblanceifolia Nagoya Stars Eastern Asia Just like those Christmas visionsWhere has this incredible aspidistra been all my life? Actually, Aspidistra oblanceifolia is a recently (1982) named Chinese species (southern Guizhou, western Hubei, and Sichuan) of cast iron plant. Thanks to plantsman Ted Stephens for sharing this cast iron plant he picked up from a Japanese nursery. In five years, Aspidistra 'Nagoya Stars' makes a fantastic 30" tall x 6' wide clump of upright, outward arching, dark glossy green leaves that are