Hedychium densiflorum Assam Orange Ornamental Grasses In late summer and fall

In late summer and fall

rippled foliage is a creamy white surrounded by a dramatic

The resulting vigorous hybrid produces stalks topped with a creamy white pouch backed by light brown sepals

The subterranean rhizomes are finger thick and bright red inside

surface-lying stems clothed in small

Hedychium densiflorum Assam Orange Ornamental Grasses In late summer and fallHedychium densiflorum 'Assam Orange' is a selected clone from the original 1938 collection of Hedychium densiflorum, made by plant collector Frank Kingdom Ward at 6,500' elevation in Assam, India. Hedychium 'Assam Orange' was subsequently awarded an Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticulture Society. In the garden, Hedychium 'Assam Orange' makes a short (by ginger standards) 3' clump topped, starting in mid summer and again in late summer, with