Hedychium coccineum or the Orange Gingerlily with its attractive foliage is often used in shady and sheltered areas of tropical or semi-tropical gardens.
It grows in upright clumps of unbranching canes (pseudostems) from the rhizome.
The outer canes without the support of the central canes tend to lean out and may need cutting off early if they are encroaching on paths or other plants.
From summer to early autumn the tips of the pseudostems bear large cylindrical clusters of wonderful orange fragrant flowers that resemble a loose Bottlebrush.