Zingiber mioga Lushan Gold Forestiera The dramatic marked foliage of

The dramatic marked foliage of the silver-centered Arisaema thunbergii makes a superb foil for the equally spectacular black-striped flower that struts its stuff in spring

The 18" slightly lax stems arise from a dormant rosette in spring

Arisaema lobatum is a small but quite lovely Jack-in-the-pulpit that is quite unique from others in the genus

This voodoo lily has a bizarre flower

Five years later

Zingiber mioga Lushan Gold Forestiera The dramatic marked foliage ofZingiber 'Lushan Gold' is a 2024 Plant Delights JLBG introduction of a new form of hardy ginger from a Scott McMahan Atlanta Botanical Garden expedition in Lushan, Jiangxi Province, China, where it grew at 3,500' elevation. It was evident as soon as it flowered for us, that this was something unique. Unlike the typical stoloniferous Zingiber mioga, Zingiber 'Lushan Gold' forms a tightly clumping plant, composed of 4' long arching stems, each clothed