Hedychium moorei Tara gardnerianum coccineum United States This amazing native mallow can

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

A regular renaissance plant

albeit slow to establish into a full-size clump

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

The white portions of the foliage tend to burn in sun

Hedychium moorei Tara gardnerianum coccineum United States This amazing native mallow can(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