Beesia calthifolia Caesalpinia the 2021 American Hosta Grower's

the 2021 American Hosta Grower's Association's Hosta of the Year

This brilliant

000' elevation in China's Hubei Province

it will not thrive

each with upturned white tips

Beesia calthifolia Caesalpinia the 2021 American Hosta Grower'sVery cute, but what's a beesia? Imagine taking an asarum and gluing tiny cimicifuga flowers on top and you've got the idea. This little known evergreen cimicifuga relative hails from moist meadows and woodlands in the southwestern Chinese provinces of Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, and Yunnan. The 8" tall x 1' wide rosettes of Beesia calthifolia are composed of dark, glossy green (maroon in winter), heart shaped leaves, each highlighted by