Another plant my Pops gave me in a yogurt cup. Put it in the ground in April in strong sun conditions (east facing wall of lattice enclo...Read Moresed patio) and it took off. Sent up several shoots and bloomed the most pleasing smell. Cut it back about two inches off the ground after the first hard freeze and as of Feb 28th, new shoots are already starting to peak through. Check out the pics!
Great plant, very vigorous in part shade in zone8. Mine is more of a peach than a pink, and that was disappointment. I don't know if it...Read More is due to heat or souil conditions or what, or if it is the "color blind" tendencies of plantsmen. Very fragrant, 7-8 feet tall.
New Iberia, LA (Zone 8b) | October 2003 | positive
Hardy Ginger Lily thrives in any condition here, watered or not. I have the white flowers, and the pink looks very appealing! It does get...Read More to be very tall. Some winters here they die back, but in the spring they come back, bigger than ever.
I live in central Texas and have grown this plant for years. It dies back every winter-I cut it to the ground and mulch heavily. It co...Read Moremes back every spring and gets to be about 6 ft. tall. In mid to late summer it has beautiful coral blooms and a heavenly fragrance. I have it in a mostly shaded area that has moist, loamy soil. I would highly recommend it.
I recently purchased this beautiful new hybrid ginger lily. It was developed by Tom Woods, a Hedychium hybridizer here in Florida. It i...Read Mores a tall plant--mine is very young and is about five feet tall, but I've read it can go to nine feet. This picture is of it's first flowers, which are wonderfully fragrant.
Hedychiums are said to be cold hardy up to about Atlanta, Georgia and Raleigh, North Carolina, and are the most hardy of all the gingers. But this one is a new hybrid, so I'm not entirely certain how hardy it is.
I planted mine in partial shade under high, old live oak trees here in Northcentral Florida, zone 8b. If (when) we get a frost, it will be killed to the ground, but will re-emerge in mid to late Spring and flower in late Summer and early Fall. In warmer areas with little or no frost it will bloom earlier and for a much longer time.
Another plant my Pops gave me in a yogurt cup. Put it in the ground in April in strong sun conditions (east facing wall of lattice enclo...Read More
Great plant, very vigorous in part shade in zone8. Mine is more of a peach than a pink, and that was disappointment. I don't know if it...Read More
Hardy Ginger Lily thrives in any condition here, watered or not. I have the white flowers, and the pink looks very appealing! It does get...Read More
I live in central Texas and have grown this plant for years. It dies back every winter-I cut it to the ground and mulch heavily. It co...Read More
I recently purchased this beautiful new hybrid ginger lily. It was developed by Tom Woods, a Hedychium hybridizer here in Florida. It i...Read More