Cypripedium californicum, California Lady's Slipper deer-resistant April is bloom time

April is bloom time

dark purple

lovely enough to be close to your window

) In spring

It's dark leaves are variegated with dark red-purple and the reverse emerges a noticeable solid red

Cypripedium californicum, California Lady's Slipper deer-resistant April is bloom timeA charming west coast native that enjoys the stream sides of southern Oregon and northern California, sometimes growing near the carnivorous Darlingtonia californica. Small flowers with bright white pouches and lemon yellow sepals on stems up to 3 feet tall in May June. These plants were flask grown from seeds collected near O'Brien, Oregon. They do tend to require some summer heat to do well. Minimum temperature: 20 F