Cypripedium Axel Matteuccia Plant this where you want

Plant this where you want it to stay

all perched atop an 18" tall stalk

a 2012 Plant Delights/JLBG introduction is a splendid dwarf form of our native Cheilanthes lanosa that popped up here as a sporeling

not until early August

Cypripedium Axel Matteuccia Plant this where you wantCypripedium 'Axel' is a 1998 hybrid, first created by Sweedish orchid breeder, Svante Malmgren, who crossed Cypripedium parviflorum and Cypripedium tibeticum. The showy hybrid produces large pouches atop 18" tall stalks. Each flower is composed of three violet twisted sepals, and a pouch which is white, flushed nicely with burgundy. Maintenance: Lady slipper orchids are maintenance free in the garden once they are established in the correct growing