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Yellow Ginger
Hedychium flavescens
In the United States:
Introduced
· also called cream garland-lily, yellow ginger lily
Fragrant creamy-yellow flowers in terminal spikes attract honeybees and other pollinators during late summer and early fall. Rhizomatous perennial that thrives in moist but well-drained humus-rich soil in sun or partial shade; forms dense clumps and spreads via rhizome fragments.
| Nectar | low |
|---|---|
| Pollen | low |
| Bloom (US) | August–October |
| Type | Perennial |
| Sun | partial |
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