Hedychium Raffillii Amsonia 9 out of 10 butterflies

9 out of 10 butterflies choose Buddleia 'Ellen's Blue'

The dark green leaves appear to have been heavily brushed in a horizontal direction with white paint

poorly drained soils are not a good idea if you'd like to keep your plant around

in that it has tiny green flecks inside the white

saucer-like leaves held atop 18" stems

Hedychium Raffillii Amsonia 9 out of 10 butterflies(aka: Hedychium x raffillii) Hedychium 'Raffillii' is simply amazing! No wonder this 1941 Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit (AGM) winner is touted as one of the finest ginger lilies ever introduced. For us, this Hedychium selection is the earliest ginger to flower, often starting for us in early to mid July. Hybridized by the late Charles Percival Raffill, former assistant curator at Kew Gardens, the 5 6' tall sturdy clumps are topped