Zingiber mioga Crugs Zing Kashmir region of India This vigorous Hosta plantaginea hybrid

This vigorous Hosta plantaginea hybrid makes a stunning

but wait until you see the indescribably cool flowers in April/May

but we don't let our plants read books) flower spikes open

5" wide flower has a white back and contrasting yellow cup

but so does the Sears Tower

Zingiber mioga Crugs Zing Kashmir region of India This vigorous Hosta plantaginea hybridZingiber mioga 'Crug's Zing' is a Bleddyn Wynn Jones Crug Farm wild collection of mioga ginger from Chejudo Island, Korea. The dark green, 4" wide x 14" long leaves cloth the 4' tall upright fleshy stalks. Zingiber 'Crug's Zing' is a reasonably quick spreader, forming an 8' wide patch in good soil in five years. The base of each stalk is adorned with orchid like, burgundy and yellow bicolor flowers from September until a hard freeze.