Boesenbergia hamiltonii Danae collected in Shaanxi Province in

collected in Shaanxi Province in 1996 by NACPEC (North American China Plant Exploration Consortium)

quite dramatic

informally mounded hedge-like specimen

We prefer to leave them to give birds a place to perch

dry shade suits Asarum minamitanianum just fine

Boesenbergia hamiltonii Danae collected in Shaanxi Province inI'm betting you've never grown a hardy boesenbergia. We hadn't either until 2006, when we planted a patch without high expectations for survival surprise! Although our plant wouldn't be formally named as a new species until 2013, Boesenbergia hamiltonii, named after Scottish botanist Francis Hamilton (1762 1829), can be found on moist mountain forest floors in northeast India at elevations of up to 6,000'. Boesenbergia hamiltonii, which has survived 9