Galphimia glauca Boesenbergia 'Golden Torch' looks like

'Golden Torch' looks like

This Japanese native thrives in bogs and damp areas

planted here in 2019

we rooted some to share

this is the last hosta to go dormant

Galphimia glauca Boesenbergia 'Golden Torch' looks likeNative to the dry mountainside forests of southern Mexico, and south to Guatemala, Galphimia glauca is surprisingly winter hardy for us here in Zone 7b 8a. For us, it makes an amazing fall flowering perennial, that's virtually unknown in most gardening circles. Our four year old specimen, which dies to the ground each winter, returns in spring to reach 6' tall x 9' wide by fall. In warmer winter climates, it remains evergreen. Starting for us in late