Tecomaria capensis Echinacea Hedychium ellipticum is a little-known

Hedychium ellipticum is a little-known ginger lily from the Himalayas that's quite distinct from most commercially available ginger lilies

cool flowers and cool foliage

each pot contains quite a few for a nice show

This vigorous and easy-to-grow

Named after Florence Cropp Vaughn

Tecomaria capensis Echinacea Hedychium ellipticum is a little-known(aka: Tecoma capensis) Tecomaria capensis hails from the South African Cape (east and west) into Natal, but according to all the books, should not be winter hardy for us. Thank goodness we keep our plants illiterate. Despite being a giant clambering evergreen shrub in warmer climates, where it remains woody, Tecomaria capensis is a well behaved, very drought tolerant deciduous perennial for us, surviving our single digit winter temperatures for at