Hedychium Moy Giant Laurentia the awesome blue lupine-like flower

the awesome blue lupine-like flower racemes are held atop the foliage

but DNA testing showed it

this dwarf but vigorously growing rohdea makes small rosettes

our 8-year-old specimen is 7' tall and 10' across and survived 0 degrees F

When you see a new bud emerging from the giant tuber

Hedychium Moy Giant Laurentia the awesome blue lupine-like flowerFrom the late Dr. Moy's breeding efforts at the San Antonio Botanical Garden comes this hybrid ginger lily (probably Hedychium gardnerianum x coronarium). The 7' tall, lushly foliaged clumps of Hedychium 'Dr. Moy' are topped in fall (early October in NC) with large, lusciously fragrant trusses of very light yellow flowers, each with a contrasting dark yellow eye.