plant does very well in Washington state, winters well and comes up early spring , Cold Hardy, second year we had enough to divided and ...Read Moreshare with neighbors and a good harvest of flowers/ shoots , use well draining light soil, we have in full sun and watered deep, about every 4 days through out summer,, i did not realize this was so hard to acquire, and will see if i can get new shoots to share come next spring
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I have been growing this plant (both the base variety & Dancing Crane) in Fayetteville, PA for the past 3, almost 4 years. During its first winter in the ground (2013-2014), we had a near record low of -17 degrees Fahrenheit (as monitored by a nearby nursery/USDA temp recording station), yet it started coming up the last two weeks of April, and has done so every year so far. I did not use any kind of cold protection on it, So it is definitely hardy to Zone 6.
Great plant for light/part shade areas, and makes a nice complement with Hostas (tall, narrow stems & leaves with large stemless leaf clusters).
My biggest plant has also flowered since its second year in the ground, pushing up clusters of white, orchid-like flowers at ground level, and usually blooms from early September until the first hard frost kills the plants back sometime in the middle of October.
plant does very well in Washington state, winters well and comes up early spring , Cold Hardy, second year we had enough to divided and ...Read More
Basically re-posting this from the Zingiber mioga "Dancing Crane" entry since I have both varieties and the comment applies equally to bo...Read More