Hedychium Tai Monarch Taiwan Salvia guarantica needs to be

Salvia guarantica needs to be cut to the ground after frost ends its six month floral display and the stems are dead

In cold winters it can die to the ground in which case the stems will need to be cut to the ground or to a live part of the stem

Each narrow wavy twisted leaf has a dark green center surrounded by a wide creamy edge that is gold in the early spring

gather your neighbors for the fragrant flowering ritual

Hedychium Tai Monarch Taiwan Salvia guarantica needs to beHedychium 'Tai Monarch, from ginger breeder, Doyle Smittle, ' makes a 50" tall clump, clothed with large 22" long x 4. 5" wide, tropical esque leaves. Each stalk is topped from midsummer until fall with huge 12" or larger flower heads. Each flower head is composed of more than 100 light yellow (RHS 4D) flowers with a darker yellow eye and the intoxicatingly strong fragrance of honeysuckle. Hedychium 'Tai Monarch' has proven to be a fantastic ginger