Show us your Hedychiums

sanatic1234 · Post by **sanatic1234** » Mon Feb 07, 2011 11:19 pm

This was my hedychium last year, it did flower late though, just a week before the first frost

leewatson1980 · Post by **leewatson1980** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:45 am

San what did you do to over winter with this, I've just brought one off ebay and they say its the most hardy of all gingers and they can take at least -7.

Lee

Chad · Post by **Chad** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 12:01 pm

Are you sure that is a densiflorum?

It looks like H.spicatum to me.

Compare with the pictures at John Jerrard's site.

It is still a lovely plant though.

Chad.

sanatic1234 · Post by **sanatic1234** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 12:04 pm

leewatson1980 wrote:San what did you do to over winter with this, I've just brought one off ebay and they say its the most hardy of all gingers and they can take at least -7.

Lee

I have left mine in the ground lee, i gave a good 4inches of compost and some straw on top, as i also read that these are pretty hardy, and mine came from ebay too.

sanatic1234 · Post by **sanatic1234** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 12:10 pm

Oh ****... I think you are right chad! just checked that website and it looks the same as the Hedychium Spicatum - Liberty. I hope this is hardy as i have been going by the densiflorum hardiness. Flippin ebay!

Chad · Post by **Chad** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 12:15 pm

It is reliably hardy, and a good plant.

Chad.

sanatic1234 · Post by **sanatic1234** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 12:17 pm

Im very glad about that

for a minute i thought i had lost another plant then. Thanks for letting me know about that chad

simon · Post by **simon** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 1:16 pm

Gardnerianum

'Devon Cream'

Forrestii

Elypticum (bottom centre and right)

Greenii

sanatic1234 · Post by **sanatic1234** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 1:31 pm

you have some stunning hedychiums simon

I love the greeni and devon cream, very nice

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Tropical Bob · Post by **Tropical Bob** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:22 pm

I have Gold spot, Himalayan lipstick, Curcuma bicolour wonder & Flavacens.. after a visit to Akamba last year, but there mostly only one foot tall

Its nice to see full sized ones!

call · Post by **call** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 3:31 pm

nice pics

The Codfather · Post by **The Codfather** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 3:41 pm

How's it looking now San ???

sanatic1234 · Post by **sanatic1234** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:51 pm

Rhizome is how it looks at current coddy. My hedychium aurantiacum is still in growth from last year.

I will start my spicatum off next month i think or may be the month after.

Rick1965 · Post by **Rick1965** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:10 pm

Nice photo's Simon and well done for getting them to flower so well. The only one that reliably flowers for me is Assam Orange.

Las Palmas Norte · Post by **Las Palmas Norte** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:23 pm

Here are mine today

Cheers, Barrie.

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