Aspidistra (Cast Iron Plant)

Juniper Level Botanic Garden - An Ex-Situ Conservation Garden

Our Mission is to Collect, Study, Propagate, and Share

As of 2020, JLBG has just over 27,000 taxa of living plants, making the collection one of the most diverse in the world. Fundraising for an operational endowment to preserve the garden is underway, administered by NC State University. If you'd like to help preserve the gardens and plant collections for future generations, you can do so with a tax-deductible contribution at JLBG.org and click on the Donate Link.

At Juniper Level Botanic Garden, part of our mission is to educate and share both plants and information. This photo/informational gallery is devoted to cataloging as many forms as possible. It is our hope that this photographic study gallery can also prevent duplicate use of names and prevent confusion in the trade.

Welcome to our Aspidistra / Cast Iron Plant photo gallery. When we began collecting Cast Iron Plants in the early 1990s, only a handful of species were known (16 species only known to exist in 1980). Since that time, a huge interest in the genus aspidistra has prompted the discovery and naming of nearly 200 new cast iron plant species that were not previously known to science. We are trying to acquire as many of these cast iron plants as possible and then propagate and make them available. We have traveled around the world to find new cast iron plants, and were thrilled in 2013 to have three new aspidistra species named from our collection. We hope you enjoy our cast iron plant gallery, which contains both foliage and flower photos from this amazing genera of plants.

Aspidistra arnautauvii ssp. arnautauvii

Aspidistra arnautovii

Aspidistra arnautovii ssp. catbaensis

Aspidistra attenuata 'Alishan Broad'

Aspidistra attenuata 'Alishan Giant Splatter'

Aspidistra attenuata 'Alishan Green Giant'

Aspidistra attenuata 'Alishan Green Giant' flower

Aspidistra attenuata 'Alishan Little Gem'

Aspidistra attenuata 'Dungpu Dazzler'

Aspidistra attenuata 'Dungpu Dazzler' (BSWJ377)

Aspidistra attenuata 'Taiwan Treasure'

Aspidistra austroyunnanensis

Aspidistra basalis 'Green Jeans'

Aspidistra bogneri A1VT-171 flower

Aspidistra carnosa 'Rigid Ribbons'

Aspidistra carnosa 'Rigid Ribbons' flower

Aspidistra columellaris 'Giraffe'

Aspidistra columellaris 'Giraffe' flower

Aspidistra daibuensis 'Taiwan Stars'

Aspidistra daibuensis 'Taiwan Stars' flowers

Aspidistra daibuensis 'Totally Dotty'

Aspidistra daibuensis 'Yushan Galaxy'

Aspidistra daibuensis 'Yushan Starbright'

Aspidistra daibuensis 'Yushan Waterfall'

Aspidistra ebianensis 'Flowing Fountains'

Aspidistra ebianensis 'Flowing Fountains' flowers

Aspidistra ebianensis Green Form

Aspidistra elatior 'Akebono'

Aspidistra elatior 'Asahi'

Aspidistra elatior 'Bright Lights'

Aspidistra elatior 'Bubba'

Aspidistra elatior 'Fuji no Mine'

Aspidistra elatior 'Ginga Giant'

Aspidistra elatior 'Goldfeather'

Aspidistra elatior 'Hoshi Zora'

Aspidistra elatior 'Hoshi Zora' seedpod

Aspidistra elatior 'Ippin'

Aspidistra elatior 'Kamikaze'

Aspidistra elatior 'Lennon's Green'

Aspidistra elatior 'Lennon's Song'

Aspidistra elatior 'Mangetsu'

Aspidistra elatior 'Morning Frost'

Aspidistra elatior 'Okame'

Aspidistra elatior 'Sei Ryu Ho'

Aspidistra elatior 'Sei Ryu Ho' dwarf

Aspidistra elatior 'Sei Ryu Ho' flower

Aspidistra elatior 'Sekko Kan'

Aspidistra elatior 'Snow Cap'

Aspidistra elatior 'Snow Cap' flower

Aspidistra elatior 'Snowcap'

Aspidistra elatior 'Stars and Stripes'

Aspidistra elatior 'Suisho'

Aspidistra elatior 'Thin Man'

Aspidistra elatior 'To Ryu Mon'

Aspidistra elatior 'Zodiac'

Aspidistra fimbriata 'Secret Stalker'

Aspidistra fimbriata 'Tie Dye'

Aspidistra fimbriata 'Tie Dye' flower

Aspidistra fungilliformis 'China Star'

Aspidistra gracilis 'Speckled Stalkings'

Aspidistra grandiflora A1VT-362Cu

Aspidistra grandiflora A1VT-362Cu flower

Aspidistra grandiflora 'Big Spotty'

Aspidistra hainanensis 'Quan Ba' A1VT-182

Aspidistra hainanensis 'Quan Ba' A1VT-182 flower

Aspidistra hainanensis 'Quan Ba' A1VT-182 foliage

Aspidistra leshanensis CBCG2

Aspidistra leshanensis CBCH768 flower

Aspidistra linearifolia 'cf.' 'Birdnest'

Aspidistra linearifolia 'cf.' 'Birdnest' flowers

Aspidistra linearifolia 'cf.' 'Birdnest' foliage

Aspidistra linearifolia 'Skinny Dippin'

Aspidistra lutea cf. 'Mai Chau'

Aspidistra minutiflora 'Leopard'

Aspidistra minutiflora 'Spangled Ribbons' vs 'Leopard'

Aspidistra molendinacea 'Skin Tight Green Jeans'

Aspidistra mushaensis 'Spotty Dotty'

Aspidistra oblanceifolia 'Nagoya Stars'

Aspidistra oblanceifolia 'Nagoya Stars' flowers

Aspidistra oblanceifolia 'Nagoya Stars' foliage

Aspidistra omeiensis 'Come Pleated' P0605 foliage

Aspidistra omeiensis 'Jade Ribbons'

Aspidistra omeiensis 'Jade Ribbons' flower

Aspidistra omeiensis 'Ogisu'

Aspidistra pulchella 'Kunming Starlet' flower

Aspidistra pulchella 'Stretch Marks' flower

Aspidistra pulchella 'Kunming Scarlet'

Aspidistra pulchella 'Kunming Starlet'

Aspidistra pulchella S-135/07

Aspidistra pulchella 'Spiderman'

Aspidistra pulchella 'Spiderman' flower

Aspidistra pulchella 'Stretch Marks'

Aspidistra retusa Nanjing Green

Aspidistra retusa 'Nanjing Green'

Aspidistra retusa 'Nanjing Green' flower

Aspidistra saxicola 'Come Here Spot'

Aspidistra saxicola 'Come Here Spot' flowers

Aspidistra sichuanensis CBCH603 foliage

Aspidistra sichuanensis 'Gold Lancer'

Aspidistra sichuanensis 'Golden Freckles'

Aspidistra sichuanensis 'Hammer Time'

Aspidistra sichuanensis 'Hammer Time' flower

Aspidistra sichuanensis JLBG-02 S-135/02 spotted

Aspidistra sichuanensis P0609

Aspidistra sichuanensis 'Spek-tacular'

Aspidistra sichuanensis 'Spek-tacular' flower

Aspidistra sichuanensis 'Thin Slice'

Aspidistra sichuanensis 'Warp Drive' flower

Aspidistra sinensis 'Cosmos'

Aspidistra sp. A1VT 209

Aspidistra sp. A1VT-353cu

Aspidistra sp. 'China Moon'

Aspidistra sp. 'China Moon' flower

Aspidistra sp. 'China Sun'

Aspidistra sp. 'China Sun' flower

Aspidistra sp. nov. 'Cambodian Queen' foliage

Aspidistra spuria 'Yellow Polka Dot Bikini'

Aspidistra subrotata 'Mr. Jiew' (A1VT-352 sparsely spotted)

Aspidistra sutepensis 'Doi Inthanon' A1VT-277b

Aspidistra tonkinensis 'Hanoi Honey'

Aspidistra vietnamensis 'Amanogawa'

Aspidistra vietnamensis 'Garden Gallery' (A1VT 353)

Aspidistra vietnamensis 'Ginga'

Aspidistra vietnamensis 'Ginga' foliage

Aspidistra vietnamensis 'Seiun'

Aspidistra yingjiangensis 'Bangkok's Big Bang'

Aspidistra yingjiangensis 'Bangkok's Big Bang' flower closeup

Aspidistra yingjiangensis 'Singapore Sling'

Aspidistra zongbayi 'Green Carpet' PO606 flowers

Aspidistra zongbayi 'Old Glory'

Aspidistra zongbayi 'Old Glory' flower

Aspidistra zongbayi 'Uan Fat Lady'

Aspidistra zongbayi 'Yunnan Sunbeam'

Aspidistra zongbayi 'Yunnan Sunbeam' flowers