Ardisia japonica 'Hakuokan' Woodlanders Introduction the milky sap keeps deer

the milky sap keeps deer and rabbits off

or set the plant among dwarf conifers and other acid-lovers for a heath-and-heather tapestry of contrasting textures

and rain lilies make natural companions in the same damp ground

non-self-sowing alternative to the common butterfly bush

and the cultivar passes the trait on freely: 'Tama no ura' is the parent of a whole family of 'Tama' camellias bred for that picotee edge

Ardisia japonica 'Hakuokan' Woodlanders Introduction the milky sap keeps deerArdisia japonica 'Hakuokan' is a jewel of the Japanese shade garden, a low evergreen groundcover whose small, glossy, leathery leaves are edged in a clean band of creamy white. The green species, called yabukoji in Japan and marlberry in English, has grown wild in the woodland understory of Japan, Korea, China, and Taiwan for ages, spreading quietly by underground runners into knee low colonies. 'Hakuokan', a name that reads roughly as white royal