Cypripedium Maria Fragrant Foliage Plants open shade to several hours

open shade to several hours of full sun

adding a wonderful bold texture to the woodland garden

and butterflies

each with yellow specks deep in the throat

This is the plant by which all hosta envy is measured

Cypripedium Maria Fragrant Foliage Plants open shade to several hoursCypripedium 'Maria' is a 1991 Werner Frosch hybrid, the result of a romantic interlude between Cypripedium parviflorum v. parviflorum and Cypripedium macranthos var. speciosum. The result is a vigorous hybrid which, in mid spring, produces 14" tall stalks of flowers with white pockets, occasionally stained with burgundy near the top, then complemented by twisted sepals of dark burgundy. Our offerings of Cypripedium 'Maria' are all flowering sized