Hosta Pharaohs Fawcett Bergenia Cypripedium 'Ulla Silkens' is a

Cypripedium 'Ulla Silkens' is a stunning 1996 hybrid from Svante Malmgren

and named by us in 1997

This is not the same as the heat-intolerant Aconitum carmichaelii that's common in the horticultural trade

Most of the forms of Pellaea viridis that we saw in 2005 only reached 1' tall

Hosta Pharaohs Fawcett Bergenia Cypripedium 'Ulla Silkens' is aI fell in love with this sport of Hosta 'King Tut' (the opposite of Hosta 'Nefertiti' ) at Hans Hansen's former Minnesota garden, where it made a stunning 18" tall x 3' wide clump of heavily corrugated blue leaves with a wide golden border. We are thrilled to introduce Hosta 'Pharaoh's Fawcett' (pun intended) for the first time in 2012, but since this has not been tissue cultured, supplies are very limited.