Quackin Grass Nursery

Disporum longistylum ‘Night Heron’ ex: Hinkley (form. D. cantoniense) – ​When the stems first arise from the soil in spring they support down-turned heads sheathed in still unfurled foliage looking remarkably like the purple-black silhouettes of a resting flock of elegant herons on this exceptional Fairy Bells. The leaves become glossy green infused with some purple during the summer. Stems may potentially grow to 6’ in the happiest of conditions, shorter elsewhere, branching at about the 2’ to 3’ mark. Pretty creamy yellow touched with green flowers are not large. But what they lack in size they make up for in number and contrast handsomely with the still purple foliage. Round purple-black berry-like fruits follow. Though listed as a USDA zone 6 plant it has been doing well for us on the east side of a short stone wall in much afternoon sun, only growing to about 3’ in northeastern Connecticut. Moderately spreading, colonizing. Established potted Fairy Bells vis division.