Tricyrtis formosana ‘Samurai’
Blooming Time
Exposure
This shade-loving variegated orchid-flower is valued for its clean foliage, winter hardiness, and lovely orchid-like flowers. Its foliage is composed of handsome green leaves accented by creamy, golden tinted edging. By mid-summer, `Samurai’ develops its spotted purple flowers with contrasting yellow throats. It will thrive in any shady setting and creeps very slowly by underground rhizomes. `Samurai’ works well as a small to large scale ground cover.
Details
Hardiness Zone:
Blossom Color:
Violet to Purple
Growth Habit:
Slow Spreading
Max Height:
1½'
Texture:
Recommended Spacing:
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Special Characteristics
Features
This shade-loving variegated orchid-flower is valued for its clean foliage, winter hardiness, and lovely orchid-like flowers. Its foliage is composed of handsome green leaves accented by creamy, golden tinted edging. And develops its spotted purple flowers with contrasting yellow throats.
Landscape Value
It will thrive in any shady setting and creeps very slowly by underground rhizomes. 'Samurai' works well as a small to large scale ground cover.
Care
Watering:
`Samurai' Orchid Flower is moderately drought tolerant but benefits from occasional watering, to maintain soil in a moist but not wet condition, during the summer months.
Fertilizing:
`Samurai' Orchid Flower is a moderate feeder, benefiting from a couple of annual applications of slow release fertilizer. A spring application of a 3-1-2 ratio (such as a 15-5-10) can be applied at a rate of about 10 pounds per 1000 square feet, and during early fall, an application of a 2-1-2 ratio (such as a 10-5-10) can be applied to encourage root development and cold hardiness.
Pruning:
`Samurai' Orchid Flower is a deciduous plant (nonevergreen) and does not require pruning. It is perfectly acceptable to allow the dropped leaves to decompose and nourish the soil.