Zingiber mioga Crugs Zing Ethiopia blueberry-sized fruit from spring persist

blueberry-sized fruit from spring persist alongside the fall flowers

nodding flowers

I first saw this stunning hosta at the garden of Minnesota's Hideko Gowen

Since both parents are solitary

starting for us in late August/early September

Zingiber mioga Crugs Zing Ethiopia blueberry-sized fruit from spring persistZingiber 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.