Hedychium urophyllum 'Prayer Flags'
Prayer Flags Ginger Lily
Item #: 6731
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 84" tall
Origin: Vietnam
(aka: Hedychium sp. HWJK3810) We are pleased to share this 2017 introduction, an amazing form of Hedychium urophyllum, purchased from Heronswood Nursery in 2005 as a seedling from a Dan Hinkley collection trip to Vietnam. We've grown Hedychium urophyllum 'Prayer Flags' for fourteen years in our garden, during which time it's formed an incredible 7' tall x 8' wide clump. The base of the stems are bright red, and they are topped with terminal spikes of sweetly fragrant flowers, starting for us in mid-August (NC)...each creamy white toward the edge and soft yellow toward the center. We named this seedling after the colorful prayer flags that dot many Asian mountains. This is a superb selection that deserves to be much more widely grown.
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Other Attributes
Genus: Hedychium
Flower Color: White/Cream , Yellow/Gold
Leaf Color: Green
Container Role: Thrillers
Garden Themes: Night Gardens , White Garden
Other: Edimentals , Cut Flower Plants , Fragrant Flowers , Hummingbird Plants , Pollinator Plants , Plants Named After Animals , Plants that Attract Birds , Rabbit Resistant Plants , Salt Tolerant Seaside Plants , Tropical Looking Plants