Aspidistra elatior

Cast Iron Plant

  • Aspidistra
  • <0.5m, 0.5-1m
  • 0.5-1m
  • Medium to fast
  • Dark green lanced-shaped leaves
  • Brown capsule
  • Stemless
  • Drought
  • Shade
  • 14cm, 20cm
  • Evergreen
  • Partial shade,Shade
  • Aspidistra is often grown in a container as a porch or patio plant, or as a house plant. In landscapes, it can be used as a border or be planted in a drift around trees, or to fill a planter under an overhang.
  • Cream campanulate
  • Nov - Jan
  • Grow in a dry to moist, but well drained soil.

Overview

The perennial forms a short creeping rhizome with dark green lanced-shaped leaves that occur at short interval along the rhizome. Solitary creamy bell-shaped flowers bloom during early summer appearing at the base of the plant.