Plantain Lily

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Location

Groundcover Collection

Source of plant

Paradise Garden

Description

Plants 18" tall by 44" wide with wide, creamy yellow margins. An ornamentally stunning cultivar that can be very effective as a specimen plant. The wide yellow margins lighten considerably in bright light, all the way to creamy white. Leaves are 9" long, by 7.5" wide, 1-1.5" wide yellow to creamy yellow margins that often streak into the medium to dark green center; many gray-green streaks also into the center of leaf; broadly ovate blade that is slightly wavy; average substance; 12-14 vein pairs. Flowers in mid july into early August; medium lavender color; 1.75" long by 1.5" wide; scapes well above the foliage, up to 30" high.

USDA Hardiness Zone

3

Special characteristics

foliage characteristics