Marantha Rufibarba Plant - Calathea Rufibarba, Velvet Calathea Alpinia plant that an entire garden could

that an entire garden could be devoted to growing hostas alone

so they never bother repotting the plant

bold flowers that make a statement

Pliny the Elder (23 – 79 AD)

Marantha Rufibarba Plant - Calathea Rufibarba, Velvet Calathea Alpinia plant that an entire garden couldMarantha Rufibarba Calathea Rufibarba, Velvet Calathea The Maranta genus includes a few dozen low growing plants native to the American tropics. Maranta have some of the most beautiful, most decorative leaves in the plant kingdom. The popular M. tricolor has deep green, velvety leaves with yellow splotches down the midrib and arching red veins traveling to the leaf margins. They are fairly common as houseplants, but not necessarily easy to keep