Boehmeria nivea Glow Light Conradina the new foliage is stunning

the new foliage is stunning with a wide golden border around each green-centered leaf

as both an anti-bacterial and anti-fungal treatment

and that seems to slow slightly with age

Musa 'Rajapuri' is one of our favorites of the cold hardy bananas and it actually produces an edible

Boehmeria nivea Glow Light Conradina the new foliage is stunningIf you have a woodland garden, and could use a ray of figurative sunshine, Boehmeria 'Glow Light' is for you. This amazing, bright gold foliaged deciduous perennail eventually forms a 2' tall x 4' wide patch of fleshy upright stalks, each clothed in fuzzy leaves. For us, Boehmeria 'Glow Light' has thrived in half day sun as well as light shade. The fuzzy, tan, pipe cleaner like flowers that adorn the upper half of the plant in summer are well, unusual.