Emperor's Cloak

caliloo · Post by **caliloo** » Jul 12, 2007 2:59 pm

The nursery man said this one grows from seed and is ID'd by the ruffly foliage. It comes in red and green and is meant to be sold that way. I think it is fun looking!

Thanks for looking!

Alexa

Tigger · Post by **Tigger** » Jul 12, 2007 3:13 pm

That's from one rhizome? Very peculiar. I think it would make me crazy to use it in the garden, but it's cool.

caliloo · Post by **caliloo** » Jul 12, 2007 3:41 pm

Well, it actually looks like 2 separate rhizomes. The commonality is the leaf shape/size/ruffles/etc are supposed to be identical and the only thing different is the color. They did have some post of just one or the other, I chose one with both.

That said, googling "emperor's cloak" reveals it is only supposed to be the red version. I wonder what the green version is called and if I should tell the folks at Russell's!

nanny_56 · Post by **nanny_56** » Jul 12, 2007 9:34 pm

Very cool and you get 2 for the price if 1!!

Claudia

party_music50 · Post by **party_music50** » Jul 16, 2007 12:01 am

It looks cool like that.

I researched after reading what you said... it seems that this is commonly grown from seed and the red version is expected, but green versions do occur. Both versions are apparently called 'Emperor's Cloak', but the non-red is stated as "green 'Emperor's Cloak'. odd.

GrannyNanny · Post by **GrannyNanny** » Jul 21, 2007 10:20 pm

I grew these from seed a few years ago, but the red ones didn't make it, although I have one lovely green one. The ruffles are the important thing on this plant -- the flowers are almost non-existent, and are just a drab shade of greeny white. Phyllis