Leucojum aestivum Gravetye Giant Mangave This magnificent ornamental banana is

This magnificent ornamental banana is more of a shrub than the typical taller banana

and one of the best sports to be discovered from Hosta 'Halcyon'

a most unusual combination

you might as well do it with a wine cup in your hand

Leucojum aestivum Gravetye Giant Mangave This magnificent ornamental banana isLeucojum aestivalis is a widespread European native bulb that ranges east into Iran, putting on a show of dangling white flowers atop 20" tall stalks, for us, in late March. The clone, Leucojum Gravetye Giant, is much more showy than the typical species. This gem was introduced by one of Englands most famous gardeners garden writers, the late William Robinson (1838 1935). The cultivar is named after his former Sussex garden, Gravetye Manor, which is