Cypripedium Maria Fragrant Foliage Plants adding a wonderful bold texture

adding a wonderful bold texture to the woodland garden

is composed of a wine-purple and white striped hood

This has proven both amazingly hardy and vigorous in the garden

open shade to several hours of full sun

Cypripedium Maria Fragrant Foliage Plants adding a wonderful bold textureCypripedium '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