Colocasia Leucocasia gigantea Survivor 2b (Syn: Aster ericoides) Symphyotrichum 'Snow

(Syn: Aster ericoides) Symphyotrichum 'Snow Flurry' hit the perennial market like a storm in the 1980s

Trillium 'Jefferson Silver' makes an extremely easy garden subject

Each vigorous growing clump of wide green foliage reaches 18" tall x 2' wide

They are grown as much for their spring floral display as for their evergreen silver spotted or entirely silvered foliage

something to do with the location where it was originally found

Colocasia Leucocasia gigantea Survivor 2b (Syn: Aster ericoides) Symphyotrichum 'SnowThanks to Alabama collector extraordinaire Hayes Jackson for sharing this winter hardy form of Leucocasia (formerly Colocasia) gigantea that we named 'Survivor'. In rich, moist soils, it easily reached 8' tall x 9' wide. Leucocasia gigantea 'Survivor' has also returned in our Zone 7b garden without mulch since 1999. Resembling an alocasia, the 6' tall grey petioles (stalks) hold the large, silver veined, grey green leaves outright. When the plants