Polygonatum odoratum Byakko Clerodendrum or if you're really demented

or if you're really demented

Paul Jones

garden of the late Francis Marion Galloway

a superb winter interest plant

seedlings are not a problem from Zone 7b north

Polygonatum odoratum Byakko Clerodendrum or if you're really dementedWe have plantsman Barry Yinger to thank for bringing this nearly extinct, old Japanese cut foliage cultivar into US cultivation. The translation of 'Byakko' to "White Tiger" is apt to describe the amazing foliage. The red stems are adorned with leaves which emerge solid green and then the half closest to the stem magically morphs to creamy white. Polygonatum 'Byakko' is reasonably vigorous, considering the large amount of white on the leaves expect a