Alpinia pumila Ensete Each butterfly-shaped flower is a

Each butterfly-shaped flower is a creamy light yellow with a darker central pattern

Podophyllum difforme does not run or go dormant until fall

When I first saw Iris laevigata 'Variegata' many years ago in the famed garden of Pennsylvania's Charles Cresson

plant one near a lady fern

each highlighted with a random pattern of central dark green specks

Alpinia pumila Ensete Each butterfly-shaped flower is aThanks to ginger guru Tom Wood for telling us about Alpinia pumila which has become one of our favorite hardy gingers. Alpinia pumila hails from the Chinese provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, and Yunnan where it can be found in mountain valleys at 1,600' 3,600' elevation. Alpinia pumila makes a diminutive, slowly stoloniferous, tropical looking groundcover with 6" long x 3" wide green leaves highlighted by broad silver streaks. The cardamom