Zingiber mioga Lushan Gold Asia or an old hybrid with

or an old hybrid with that species

fruit-scented flowers emerge from the stalk tip in early April (NC)

double rosy-pink camellias

(aka: Eutrochium purpureum) Starting for us in late July

which magically appear three days after a rain

Zingiber mioga Lushan Gold Asia or an old hybrid withZingiber 'Lushan Gold' is a 2024 Plant Delights JLBG introduction of a new form of hardy ginger from a Scott McMahan Atlanta Botanical Garden expedition in Lushan, Jiangxi Province, China, where it grew at 3,500' elevation. It was evident as soon as it flowered for us, that this was something unique. Unlike the typical stoloniferous Zingiber mioga, Zingiber 'Lushan Gold' forms a tightly clumping plant, composed of 4' long arching stems, each clothed