Hedychium Raffillii Eastern Asia After cold weather ends

After cold weather ends

The hard rhizome grows along the ground and the leaves arise singly from it

producing an overwhelmingly fragrant display of pendent

Related to the more tropical and edible Manihot esculenta

woodland soil

Hedychium Raffillii Eastern Asia After cold weather ends(aka: Hedychium x raffillii) Hedychium 'Raffillii' is simply amazing! No wonder this 1941 Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit (AGM) winner is touted as one of the finest ginger lilies ever introduced. For us, this Hedychium selection is the earliest ginger to flower, often starting for us in early to mid July. Hybridized by the late Charles Percival Raffill, former assistant curator at Kew Gardens, the 5 6' tall sturdy clumps are topped