Hedychium moorei Tara gardnerianum coccineum United States The 1996 release from renown

The 1996 release from renown hosta breeder Gil Jones has been difficult to find

native to coastal marshes with a couple of traits that set it apart from more commonly grown red hot pokers

which for us took about 5 years

we discovered it had undergone a previously undisclosed sex change operation and was not a male

This amazing native mallow can only be found in a few remaining sites of coastal brackish marsh sites north of the center of distribution in Florida

Hedychium moorei Tara gardnerianum coccineum United States The 1996 release from renown(aka: Hedychium coccineum 'Tara') Hedychium 'Tara', a hybrid of the high mountain Himalayan Hedychium gardnerianum and Hedychium coccineum, is a good performer in the upper South as well as the Pacific Northwest. Hedychium 'Tara' is one of only a few ginger lilies to be awarded the Royal Horticulture Society Award of Garden Merit for outstanding garden value. Hedychium 'Tara' emerges in late spring with 6' spikes of grey green foliage that rockets