Hedychium flavum Prayer Flags Rehmannia before the leaf emerges) resembling

before the leaf emerges) resembling a giant vase made from the purple vinyl used for cheap '70s car seats

Aristolochia means "well born"

but DNA tests show it to be a tetraploid (double chromosome) species distantly related to Liriope muscari

the rosettes take on a lovely red hue

000'+ elevation in China's Shaanxi province

Hedychium flavum Prayer Flags Rehmannia before the leaf emerges) resembling(aka: Hedychium sp. HWJK3810) We are pleased to once again share this amazing form of Hedychium flavum, purchased from Heronswood Nursery in 2005 as a seedling from a Dan Hinkley collection trip to Vietnam. We've grown Hedychium flavum 'Prayer Flags' for decades 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,