Polygonatum hybridum Giganteum New Zealand open shade

open shade

It starts flowering for us in late January and produces a steady progression of brilliant yellow fragrant flowers until May

that have a central carmine stripe in the throat and petal tips of electric blue

Each perfectly symmetrical 2' wide clump is topped with a nice display of purple flowers on 20" scapes in early summer

The semi-evergreen large flat ground-hugging foliage gives rise in early to mid-April (NC) to 10" tall stalks

Polygonatum hybridum Giganteum New Zealand open shadePolygonatum x hybridum 'Giganteum' is a truly superb, but rarely offered selection of the hybrid of European Polygonatum multiflorum and the Eurasian Polygonatum odoratum. Polygonatum 'Giganteum' is a standout in the woodland garden, where it forms a dense clump of 30" tall stalks, clothed with 3" long green leaves, and adorned, starting for us in early April with a multitude of white bells a truly outstanding garden specimen. Our 17 year old clump