Hedychium gardnerianum Compactum Carnivorous plants that hails from the scrubby

that hails from the scrubby mountainside shade in Tamaulipas

The only difference between this and Arisaema thunbergii ssp

it's odd how rarely we see it being grown in gardens

The 3' wide clumps are topped with 26" scapes of large

(aka: Trillium A11NC-093) Trillium freemanii 'Cairns' represents our nursery seed-grown plants from our original collection of what we now believe to be Trillium freemanii (our soon-to-be-published 1998 discovery) that we discovered near the remote north Alabama town of Cairns (Morgan County) at 900' elevation

Hedychium gardnerianum Compactum Carnivorous plants that hails from the scrubbyThe amazing Nepalese native, Hedychium gardnerianum is one of the showiest of the wild ginger lilies. Hedychium gardnerianum 'Compactum' boasts giant flower heads of brilliant yellow, fragrant flowers atop 4' tall stalks. An additional highlight is the dark orange stigmas that protrude from each flower and provide a stunning contrast, starting for us in early October. Please join me in a late night toast to yellow flowers and protruding stigmas!