Hedychium Tai Monarch Taiwan gather your neighbors for the

gather your neighbors for the fragrant flowering ritual

In cold winters it can die to the ground in which case the stems will need to be cut to the ground or to a live part of the stem

Salvia guarantica needs to be cut to the ground after frost ends its six month floral display and the stems are dead

The distinctive triangular-shaped fronds of Phegopteris hexagonoptera are held atop 18" tall

Hedychium Tai Monarch Taiwan gather your neighbors for theHedychium 'Tai Monarch, from ginger breeder, Doyle Smittle, ' makes a 50" tall clump, clothed with large 22" long x 4. 5" wide, tropical esque leaves. Each stalk is topped from midsummer until fall with huge 12" or larger flower heads. Each flower head is composed of more than 100 light yellow (RHS 4D) flowers with a darker yellow eye and the intoxicatingly strong fragrance of honeysuckle. Hedychium 'Tai Monarch' has proven to be a fantastic ginger