Plantain Lily

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Location

Groundcover Collection

Source of plant

Naylor Creek Nursery

Description

A small to medium sized plant, H. 'Madam' emerges chartreuse, and with a few hours of sun brightens to a glowing neon gold, with strong, direct, spade-shaped leaves, with some red on the outside petioles. The most exciting feature is the way the deep red scapes come slipping out from underneath the leaves in the heat of July. The fertile pods develop the same deep color as the scapes, and with a half-day of sun the leaves will take on a mellow candle-glow yellow.

USDA Hardiness Zone

3

Special characteristics

foliage characteristics, fruiting characteristics