Quackin Grass Nursery

Diaspanthus uniflorus - This is an uncommon woodlander with Tiarella-like palmate green leaves on strong leaf stems tinted bronze. The foliage mound grows only about 6 inches tall. Small bright lime green buds open to curious dark red-purple late season flowers on strong, branched spikes. The erect flowering stalks are sturdy, dark bronze-purple and stand between 12 and 18 inches. Each curious flower sports completely recurved dusky burgundy-black petals bent back forming a circle with a relatively long straight-arrowed, pink-purple pistil jutting from the center tipped with orange pollen. Older petals sometimes crinkle reminiscent of witch hazel petals. A colony in the woodland garden would be subtly enchanting. I'm going to take a wild stab and infer that Diaspanthus uniflorus is closely allied with Heuchera and Tiarella in the large family of Saxifragaceae. In any classification this will be a rare, worthy and unusual addition to your woodland garden. Diaspanthus uniflorus desires moist, organic soil that drains between rainstorms set in part to open shade. Pot grown division.