Miscanthus Andante 3a Hedychium 'Tai Alpha' is one

Hedychium 'Tai Alpha' is one of the shorter and earliest-flowering of the Doyle Smittle hybrids

this tells us that it's got great genes

native to the Neches River basin in Texas

The vigorous clumps are topped with 30" scapes of light lavender flowers in midsummer

Each leaf is amazingly scalloped along the edges and out to the tip

Miscanthus Andante 3a Hedychium 'Tai Alpha' is oneThis superb Kurt Bluemel introduction has become our favorite miscanthus to use as a large specimen in the garden. The green leaves, with a pronounced central stripe, are arranged to give the effect of a lovely weeping habit and the sturdy 7'+ clumps of Miscanthus 'Andante' are topped from late summer through fall with a stunning plume display. Because of the rebloom trait, we suspect Miscanthus transmorrisonensis to be the daddy. This is one of those