It’s hard to miss the giant Hedychium flavum (no relation to the rapper, Flavor Flav) in the garden this month. I first met this gem of a ginger lily years ago, when I was botanizing in Northern Vietnam, near the town of Sapa, where the arching stems were easy to spot, hanging from the steep cliffs. In the gardens, it’s been an amazing performer, forming large masses of 7′ tall stems, topped, starting for us in August with terminal spikes of very large yellow flowers.
no relation to the rapper, Flavor Flav? Just add a clock
(is there a variegated leaf version of this?)
Not yet
I remember accompanying Nick Macer in the mountains near Sapa as he collected Daphniphyllum macropodum, Schefflera actinophylla and Luculia gratissima. TLH
What an incredible opportunity!