Hedychium coccineum Applecourt Farfugium Giant Joe-Pye weed bursts from

Giant Joe-Pye weed bursts from the ground with bamboo-like stalks that quickly ascend to 12'

As the pitcher opens

Erigeron 'Meadow Muffin' is a fabulous selection of the North American native (all states East of the Mississippi) erigeron

another emerges

just before the new pitchers emerge

Hedychium coccineum Applecourt Farfugium Giant Joe-Pye weed bursts fromHedychium coccineum 'Applecourt' is one of our favorite ginger lilies. This little known cultivar is one that we picked up on a 1995 visit to the former Applecourt Nursery in the UK. The massive 1'+ long flower heads of brilliant scarlet orange with red throats top the 5 6' tall clump in midsummer and again in early fall. Moist, but well drained soils grow the best specimens.