Amorphophallus yunnanensis Osmunda Looking more like a sedum

Looking more like a sedum on Prozac than a member of the poinsettia family

This vigorous deer-resistant grower is topped in September with attractive narrow plumes held incredibly erect atop the foliage

'Kinkaku' will eventually make a spectacular 3' wide clump

Polygonatum odoratum 'Spiral Staircase'

Most folks wouldn't recognize it as a butterfly bush

Amorphophallus yunnanensis Osmunda Looking more like a sedumThis fun, easy to grow species from Yunnan, China makes a small plant to 3' tall. The single leaf is held atop a 2 3' tall, smooth, dark green stalk, beautifully mottled with lighter green and flesh colored blotches. The flower of Amorphophallus yunnanensis emerges in early spring, albeit nothing like its better endowed cousins. The 3 6" tall spadix, looking like a pink alien head with a white neck, sits atop a nicely mottled 1 2' tall petiole