Cypripedium x 'Ventricosum Pastel' (Lady's Slipper Orchid) Trees and Shrubs Used as a large textural

Used as a large textural foliage plant

Notes: One of the most attractive and hard to find recently introduced trees

Durable and showy

Spreading ground-cover fern

Cypripedium x 'Ventricosum Pastel' (Lady's Slipper Orchid) Trees and Shrubs Used as a large texturalFamily: Orchidaceae Zone: 4 8 Natural Range: Hybrid; Cypripedium calceolus x macranthos Soil: Moist, humus rich, well drained Light: Part shade Height: 12" 18" Bloom Time: April to June Pest Resistance: Deer, Rabbit Attributes: Deciduous. A mix of pink or white flowers with creamy white markings. Flower is shaped more like Cyp. calceolus but a bit wider like macranthos. Notes: This is an artificial hybrid of what occurs naturally in the wild where the