funkia

Historical Examples of funkia

• Funkia, funk′i-a, n. a genus of Liliace allied to the day lilies, native to China.

  Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)

  Various

• It is herbaceous and perfectly hardy, though it comes from the much warmer climate of Japan, whence are all the species of Funkia.

  Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers

  John Wood

• Only white and pale-yellow flowers are grouped with this, and pale, fresh-looking foliage of maize and Funkia.

  Wood and Garden

  Gertrude Jekyll

• Some of the Harrisi were grouped among tufts of the bright-foliaged Funkia grandiflora on the cool side of a Yew hedge.

  Wood and Garden

  Gertrude Jekyll

• White schizanthus along the edge, covered up the old forget-me-nots, and funkia lilies (subcordata) threw up their buds.

  Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916

  Various