Amorphophallus konjac Shattered Glass Apios with terminal sprays of mauvy-lavender

with terminal sprays of mauvy-lavender flowers held in attractive purple calyces which still show color after the flowering ends in late summer/early fall

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the base of the deer-resistant wild ginger clump is adorned with giant silver dollar-sized flowers that look like bloodshot eyes after a three day drunk

rope-like branches

The rigid leaves arch upward

Amorphophallus konjac Shattered Glass Apios with terminal sprays of mauvy-lavenderAmorphophallus konjac 'Shattered Glass', a 2003 introduction of plant breeder Dr. Michael Marcotrigiano, is the first ever variegated selection. The palm like green foliage is randomly sectored with white. This type of variegation is naturally unstable, so some years the amount of variegation can be quite dramatic, and some years, it may not show up at all, only to return the following season.