B. ‘Lime Marmalade’

B. ‘Lime Marmalade’—This is one of my favorite finds of 2024. Among the more than 4000 named cultivars in the Rex-cultorum group of complex hybrids that share the shade-loving, rhizomatous South Asian species B. rex as an ancestor, ‘Lime Marmalade’ is a gleaming, solid chartreuse sport of the burgundy-speckled cultivar ‘Marmaduke’, discovered in 2010 at Dennis Schrader3 and Bill Smith’s Landcraft Environments on eastern Long Island in New York. Brightening shady corners both in the garden and in the house, it positively glows in winter, unphased by dry indoor air. I suspect it would also sail through nippy nights outdoors in a container on a covered porch. Very similar to B. 'Snoopy'

• Classification: Cultivar
• Plant Type: Rhizomatous
• Origin: America, USA
• Originator: Dennis Schrader & Bill Smith
• Date of Origin: 2010